India's response to the disaster caused by the 8 October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan was swift and spontaneous. After the Prime Minister of India had spoken to the President of Pakistan on the same day of the quake offering to provide whatever assistance that Pakistan may require, India sent one aircraft and three trains carrying relief material. This material weighed about 900 tonnes and was valued at approximately Rs. 21crore or equivalent to US$ 4.7 million. The following are the details of these relief goods.

The G-4 draft resolution of 6 July, 2005 (L.64) which generated very wide support in the general membership in the 59th Session of the General Assembly, was re-tabled by Brazil, Germany and India on 5 January 2006. It is widely recognised that no other model for the reform and expansion of the UN Security Council has met with a similarly high level of endorsement. A comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council will bring it in line with contemporary realities and strengthen the United Nations as a whole. The objective of re-tabling the G-4 resolution is to instil positive dynamics into the process of Security Council reform, which had been emphasised in the Outcome Document of the World Summit held in September, 2005.

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During the visit of the Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao to India in April 2005 it was decided to mark the year 2006 as the “India-China Friendship Year”. President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have exchanged messages with their Chinese counterparts on the occasion of the New Year which will be marked as the “India-China Friendship Year”.

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For the fifteenth consecutive year, India and Pakistan today, through diplomatic channels, simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between India and Pakistan. This Agreement was signed on December 31, 1988 and entered into force on January 27, 1991.

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The Railway delegations of India and Pakistan met on 5th & 6th January 2006 in New Delhi to finalise the modalities for operationalising the rail link between Munabao in India and the newly established Railway station near Khokhrapar in Pakistan.

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