India suspends talks on Indus water pact!Just In

September 27, 2016 18:53
India suspends talks on Indus water pact!

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of senior officials from the Water Resources, External Affairs Ministries and the PMO to discuss the government’s options on the India-Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the Uri attack. Modi declared “blood and water cannot flow together”.

According to the government, they decided to suspend talks on the Permanent Indus Commission, the dispute redressal mechanism that has met 112 times, until “terror comes to an end”.

The Article VIII of the Indus Waters Treaty, stated that, the Commission must meet once a year, alternately in India and Pakistan. The last meeting was held in July 2016.

The Prime Minister held the meeting as “things have been difficult with Pakistan,” adding that, hence, “this was the appropriate time to review arrangements under the Indus Waters Treaty again.”

Also Read: Befitting reply by Sushma Swaraj to Pakistan! 

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