ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Pakistan and India exchanged lists of no clear facilities Jan 1, under an agreement pledging not to attack each other’s installations.
An nuclear agreement ratified in January 1991 was hailed as the first step toward easing the often hostile relations between the two nations, which have gone to war three times in the 43 years since independence from Britain.
Each suspects that the other has nuclear weapons, India exploded what it called a” peaceful nuclear device” in 1974 but claims that it does not have any warheads. India and some Western nations contended that Pakistan is close to being able to produce nuclear arms, Neither country has signed the International Non Proliferation Treaty or allows outside inspections of its nuclear facilities Pakistan says it will sign if India does, but India refuses,
Article extracted from this publication >> January 10, 1992
