India and Pakistan have exchanged several proposals on conventional and nuclear confidence-building measures. The proposal for including cruise missile tests in the existing bilateral agreement on Pre-Notification Of Flight Testing Of Ballistic Missiles, signed in October 2005, was mooted by the Indian side during yesterday's talks between the Foreign Secretaries on peace and security. Making a reference to the recent nuclear accident at the Fukushima atomic plant in Japan after a devastating earth quake and tsunami, the Pakistani side proposed that the two sides could work together to address similar safety concerns. The existing agreement between India and Pakistan on pre-notification of missile tests covers surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. In the nuclear field, a leading Confidence Building Measure is the annual exchange of lists of nuclear installations of the two countries. After the first round of discussions yesterday the two Foreign Secretaries expressed satisfaction with the first round of their discussions. Ms. Rao described the talks as constructive and said she and Bashir had exchanged ideas in a focused and professional manner. The two foreign secretaries today opened their discussions with a focus on Promotion of friendly exchanges between the two countries besides Jammu and Kashmir .
News On AIR | June 24, 2011 6:30 PM
India, Pak exchange proposals on conventional, nuclear confidence-building measures