ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has responded to a letter by India asking to begin negotiations for the evaluate of the Indus Water Treaty, the Foreign Office mentioned on Wednesday. India earlier this 12 months for the primary time issued a discover to Pakistan, searching for a evaluate and modification of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 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 regarding 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 make sure its water safety,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned on the weekly briefing.
“I’d not like so as to add to media hypothesis. As I’ve mentioned, now we have responded to India. I’ve nothing additional so as to add,” she mentioned when requested concerning the particulars of the Pakistani response. The India Water Treaty (IWT) signed in 1960 by the great places of work of the World Bank has survived the vicissitudes of the acrimonious ties between the nations.
To one other question, Baloch mentioned 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 current remarks on Pakistan, she mentioned that these remarks mirror 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 mentioned there was no have to learn an excessive amount of into this. “It was an interfaith Iftar and all the diplomatic corps was invited”.
She additionally mentioned that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Culture, Engr. Amir Muqam, nearly 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 energetic member of SCO, Pakistan will proceed to take part in all SCO actions and repeatedly contribute to their outcomes,” she mentioned.
India hosted the twentieth session of the Culture Ministers’ Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) 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 nearly, the Culture Ministry mentioned in a press release. India at the moment holds the presidency of the SCO. During her press briefing, Baloch additionally expressed “deep concern” on the current incidents of alleged communal violence and requested India to take agency motion towards the extremists.
