ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations under a special agreement prohibiting them from attacking each other's nuclear facilities, according to a Pakistani Foreign Office statement.

    "The governments of Pakistan and India today exchanged lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities in accordance with Article II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India of 31 Dec. 1988," said the Foreign Office.

    Zaheer A. Janjua, director of India Desk in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, handed over the list of Pakistan's nuclear installations and facilities to an officer of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad at the Foreign Office, according to the statement.

    The Indian side handed over its list to Muhammad Khalid Jamali, first secretary of the Pakistan High Commission at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, it added.

    The statement did not give any details of the installations and facilities in the lists.

    The first such exchange of lists took place on Jan. 1, 1992.

    According to the agreement on the exchange, signed on Dec. 31, 1988, and enforced on Jan. 27, 1991, India and Pakistan have to inform each other on Jan. 1 every year of the nuclear installations and facilities to be covered by the agreement.

    Even at the height of tension some three years ago, the two countries exchanged information on the nuclear installations and demonstrated their commitment against attacks on each other's nuclear installations.

    The list usually includes civilian nuclear power plants and gives the exact location of each.

    The list were exchanged some two weeks before their third round of peace talks in New Delhi.

    Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Riaz Muhammad Khan will lead the Pakistani side in the two-day talks, scheduled for Jan. 17 and 18. Enditem