Islamabad–New Delhi hotline

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The Prime Minister's Office in Islamabad.

The Islamabad–New Delhi hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of

Prime minister's Office in Islamabad via Directorate-General of Military Operations (DGMO) to Secretariat Building in New Delhi
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The hotline has seldom been used by the military leadership of

escalation of tension. It is also called Hotline Linkage.[1] In regard to the Moscow–Washington hotline model, the hotline serves the purpose, as both technological and strategic rationale, for establishing the link between two countries.[1]
The Islamabad–Delhi hotline is a secure communication link over which many procedural operations are obtained in different formats.

History

According to the Indian media sources, the hotline was established by the governments of India and Pakistan shortly after the end of the 1971 war. The foreign ministries of India and Pakistan signed the mutual agreement for the implementation of the hotline.[3] The hotline was modelled directly on the Moscow–Washington hotline which was established in 1963.[1] The hotline became operational in the 1970s after both countries' foreign ministries transmitted the messages.[1]

The first usage of the hotline was in 1991 between the militaries of India and Pakistan to work on confidence-building measures.

nuclear tests (Pokhran-II, Chagai-I & Chagai-II), the hotline was extensively used between the leaders of both countries.[4] Since 2005, the hotline has been used by each country to inform the other of their nuclear missile tests in the region.[5]

Other hotlines

There are other hotlines for issues involving

United States military officers (as advisors) in his regime.[7]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Malhotra, Jyoti (24 October 1998). "The hotline that has cooled Indo-Pak pressures". Express India, 1998. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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  5. ^ AsiaNews/Agencies (11 August 2005). "India and Pakistan: A hotline against nuclear risk". Asia News. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  6. ^ Dean Nelson, New Delhi (29 March 2011). "India and Pakistan to establish counter-terrorism hotline". Telegraph, Uk. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  7. Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original
    on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2017.