Pakistan has responded to a letter by India asking to begin negotiations for the assessment of the Indus Water Treaty, the overseas workplace stated on Wednesday.
IMAGE: A view of the Indus river in Kargil district, in Jammu and Kashmir. Photograph: ANI Photo
India earlier this 12 months for the primary time issued a discover to Pakistan, in search of a assessment and modification of the Indus Waters Treaty, in view of Islamabad’s “intransigence” to adjust to the dispute redressal mechanism of the pact that was signed greater than six many years in the past for issues relating to cross-border rivers.
“I can affirm that Pakistan has responded to the Indian letter on the Indus Water Treaty. Pakistan stays dedicated to the implementation of the treaty in good religion and to guarantee its water safety,” overseas workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated on the weekly briefing.
“I’d not like to add to media hypothesis. As I’ve stated, we’ve got responded to India. I’ve nothing additional to add,” she stated when requested concerning the particulars of the Pakistani response.
The water treaty signed in 1960 by the nice workplaces of the World Bank has survived the vicissitudes of the acrimonious ties between the nations.
To one other question, Baloch stated that Pakistan utilised the related channel of communication “the place our Indus commissioner has despatched the letter to his Indian counterpart”.
Reacting to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s latest remarks on Pakistan, she stated that these remarks replicate Indian management’s “unhealthy obsession” with Pakistan.
Asked concerning the participation of Indian Charge’ d’affaires within the Iftar dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister on March 30, she stated there was no want to learn an excessive amount of into this.
“It was an interfaith Iftar and your entire diplomatic corps was invited.”
She additionally stated that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Culture, Engr. Amir Muqam, just about participated within the SCO Ministers of Culture Meeting hosted by India on April 3 and underlined the necessity for selling cultural exchanges and cooperation underneath the SCO framework to foster mutual understanding.
“As an lively member of SCO, Pakistan will proceed to take part in all SCO actions and constantly contribute to their outcomes,” she stated.
India hosted the twentieth session of the Culture Ministers’ Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Monday, with Union minister G Kishan Reddy emphasising on the significance of cultural collaborations and dialogue in propagating “peaceable coexistence by mutual respect, variety and inclusiveness”.
Culture ministers of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan participated within the assembly just about, the Culture Ministry stated in a press release. India at present holds the presidency of the SCO.
During her press briefing, Baloch additionally expressed “deep concern” on the latest incidents of alleged communal violence and requested India to take agency motion in opposition to the extremists.
