 "India slams Pakistan at UN meet, accuses Islamabad of violating Indus Waters Treaty by supporting terrorism")
At the United Nations Glaciers’ Meet, the Indian delegation dismissed accusations hurled by Pakistan that it is violating the Indus Waters Treaty . According to PTI, New Delhi instead argued that Pakistan’s continued support for cross-border terrorism is affecting the proper implementation of the water-sharing agreement, signed in 1960.
On Friday, India’s case was presented by Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh at the plenary session of the first United Nations conference on glaciers in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. During his address, Singh emphasised how Pakistan is violating the treaty by promoting and fostering terrorism .
“We are appalled at the attempt by Pakistan to misuse the forum and to bring in unwarranted references to issues which do not fall within the purview of the forum. We strongly condemned such an attempt,” he said. Singh noted that it is an “undeniable fact” that there have been fundamental changes in circumstances since the Indus Waters Treaty was signed. Hence, there is a need for the reassessment of the treaty’s obligations.
Pakistan should not be blaming India: Singh
The Indian minister mentioned that the treaty’s preamble states it was concluded in the spirit of goodwill and friendship and that honouring the treaty in good faith is essential. “However, the unrelenting cross-border terrorism from Pakistan interferes with the ability to exploit the treaty as per its provisions,” he argued.
“Pakistan, which itself violates the treaty, should desist from blaming the breach of the treaty on India,” the Pakistani minister furthered. It is pertinent to note that his remarks from India came shortly after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressed the UN Summit on Friday.
Sharif parroted his new Field Marshall, Asim Munir’s proclamation, saying Pakistan would not allow India to cross the red line by holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and endangering millions of lives for narrow political gains.
“India’s unilateral and illegal decision to hold in abeyance the Indus Waters Treaty, which governs the sharing of the Indus Basin’s water, is deeply regrettable,” Pakistani news outlet Dawn reported, quoting Sharif as saying. India put the decades-old treaty into abeyance shortly after the Pahalgam terror attack that led to the deaths of 26 tourists in Kashmir on April 22.
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