India hopes to do better at the Paris Olympics
India clinched seven medals -- one gold, two silvers and four bronze -- at Tokyo 2020, and Paris will provide the country an opportunity to showcase much-needed consistency at the highest level.
India on Friday asserted that Pakistan must effectively address the core issue of terrorism emanating from its soil rather than harping on the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
Terrorism from Pakistan was not only affecting India but other countries in the region as well, MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay noted at his press briefing here when his attention was drawn to confusing signals being sent by Islamabad which was pitching for the resumption of bilateral dialogue and at the same time raising the J-K issue at every forum.
Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had written to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Thursday on the occasion of ‘Pakistan Day’, the spokesperson said this was a normal practice being followed by the Indian leadership in the case of every Head of State and Government on such occasions and there was nothing new about it. He said while he was not aware of the exact details of the letter, the PM must have written that India would like to build a relationship with Pakistan in an environment free of violence and terrorism.
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On the just concluded talks between India and Pakistan over the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), the spokesperson pointed out that the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) was mandated to meet once every financial year. ‘’So long as we are a party to the treaty, it is incumbent on us to fulfill that treaty.”’ He said the Indian delegation had returned to India and New Delhi was in the process of assessing its deliberations on various technical matters.
On reports from Islamabad that India and Pakistan would hold the next meeting of IWT in Washington under the auspices of the World Bank, he said he would not like to speculate on any ‘hypothetical contingencies’ until the outcome of the talks held in Pakistan earlier this week had been assessed.
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