Pakistan officially shares list of nuclear installations with India:
Pakistan shared a list of its nuclear installations with India under a bilateral agreement. The list handed over to an Indian High Commission official in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pakistan and India. The list of nuclear installations and facilities in Pakistan officially handed over to a representative of the Indian High Commission at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi handed over the list of Indian nuclear installations and facilities to a representative of the Pakistan High Commission at 1100 AM (IST). The agreement contains the provision that both countries inform each other of their nuclear installations and facilities on the 1st of January every year. This is being done consecutively since January 1, 1992.
Union Government strongly condemned vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan:
India strongly condemned vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan. The Pakistan Government to take immediate steps to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of the members of the Sikh community. The New Delhi is concerned with the vandalism carried out at the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara.
Sikh community
The members of the minority Sikh community subjected to act of violence in the holy city of Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The intense action was taken against the miscreants who indulged in the desecration of the holy Gurudwara and attacked members of the minority Sikh community. India asked Pakistan to take all measures to protect and preserve the sanctity of the holy Nankana Sahib Gurudwara and its surroundings.
###Arab League Chief concerned over developments in Iraq; calls for calm:
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on 5th January, 2020 expressed his concern over developments in Iraq and Arab region and called for calm.
The region is currently in a dire need of calm, not escalation and extinguishing conflicts, not igniting and perpetuating them.
The Arab League is a union of Arab-speaking African and Asian countries. It has 22 members and four observer States.
Iran decides not to abide by any of restrictions imposed by 2015 nuclear deal:
Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.
It will no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of enriched material, or research and development.
Under the 2015 accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.
The announcement followed a meeting of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran. Tensions have been high over the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by the US in Baghdad.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has invited Iran`s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to visit Brussels to discuss both the nuclear deal and how to defuse the crisis over the Soleimani assassination.
Earlier, Iraqi Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the general`s killing in a drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday.
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