NEW DELHI - Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to notify each other before testing any ballistic missiles and to set up a hotline between their foreign secretaries, they said in a common statement. In a bid to prevent an accidental nuclear exchange âIndia and Pakistan have agreed to pre-notify each other before any missile test and have also agreed to set up a hotline between the foreign secretaries,â they said.
| "Hello, Perv? Yep, it's me. Lissen, remember the pre-notification arrangement? You do? Great, great. Lissen, I'm giving you pre-notification. You've got, um, 60, no wait, 55 seconds, to get out of your house before our 'test' missile vaporizes it. No, 50. You still there?" |
Indian Foreign Ministry senior official Meera Shankar said both sides had agreed âto operationalize the hotline between the two foreign secretariesâ and upgrade an existing military hotline by September. |