Hostile India, Pakistan swap lists of nuclear installations, prisoners in 35th such instance

The lists were exchanged a day after external affairs minister S Jaishankar briefly interacted with Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka, where they were representing their countries at the funeral of former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia. This was the first engagement between senior officials of the two sides since last year’s four-day conflict triggered by India’s military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan.

India and Pakistan exchanged the list of facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations and Facilities through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad simultaneously, the external affairs ministry said.

The exchange maintained a tradition going back to 1992 despite ties between the two neighbours being at an all-time low.