US EditionIndia, Pakistan exchange nuclear and prisoner lists after rare Dhaka contact
The 35th annual exchange included 391 Indian and 58 Pakistani civilian prisoners and fishermen, reinforcing a nuclear risk reduction pact amid ongoing tensions.
- On Thursday , India and Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad.
- Mandated annually, the treaty signed on December 31, 1988, requires the parties to inform each other of covered sites each January 1, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
- Alongside the nuclear lists, both governments exchanged updated detainee and fishermen rosters under the Consular Access Agreement of 2008, with India providing details of 391 civil prisoners and 33 fishermen, and Pakistan sharing 58 civil prisoners and 199 fishermen believed to be Indian.
- In Dhaka, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq briefly met and shook hands during a third‑country event, marking the first direct contact since their May 2025 military confrontation, observers noted.
- Officials said the exchange is a confidence‑building measure that reduces the risk of misunderstandings about nuclear sites amid ties that remain under a deep freeze following four‑day military hostilities.
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