India: Water treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan stops support to cross-border terror
India on Friday made it clear that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan stops its support to cross-border terrorism.
India on Friday made it clear that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan stops its support to cross-border terrorism.
The Indus Waters Treaty, a World Bank-brokered water sharing agreement between India and Pakistan, was put in abeyance as part of an immediate diplomatic response to the Pahalgam attack.
Official sources said no Court of Arbitration, much less this illegally constituted arbitral body, which has no existence in the eye of the law, has the jurisdiction to examine the legality of India's actions in exercise of its rights as a sovereign nation.
Responding to a question on the IWT while addressing his weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "The Indus Water Treaty remains in abeyance."
Amid strained ties, India informed Pakistan about floods in the Tawi River through its High Commission, bypassing the Indus Waters Treaty channel.
The treaty survived two wars -- the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan wars -- and several military standoffs between the two neighbours, including the 1999 Kargil war, but has now been indefinitely suspended.
India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan—an agreement that has governed the sharing of river waters between the two nations since 1960—has been welcomed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who called it a “calibrated, lawful, and strategic measure.”
The Cabinet Committee on Security, at a meeting called to deliberate on the follow-up on Pahalgam terror attack, classified Pakistani envoys as persona non grata.
India on Tuesday welcomed the ruling of the World Bank-appointed neutral expert that he is competent to address certain issues related to projects under the Indus Water Treaty, in what is being seen as a setback to Pakistan.
Peoples Conference president Sajjad Lone on Wednesday sharply criticized Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remark on the Indus Water Treaty, dismissing them as "right-wing gibberish" intended to appease the BJP.
