'Bit by bit, Pak eroded India's faith': Envoy Vinay Mohan Kwatra on IWT pause
India's envoy to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, stated that Pakistan has eroded the foundation of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty through decades of hostility and terrorism. He defended India's decision to keep the treaty in abeyance as a necessary response to Pakistan's actions.
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Reflects the ongoing geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan regarding critical water resources and regional security.
India’s envoy to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra said Pakistan had eroded the foundation of the Indus Waters Treaty over the past five decades. He added that Islamabad had “dismantled” the goodwill and friendship that underpinned the 1960 agreement, and that New Delhi’s decision to keep the treaty in abeyance merely acknowledged that reality.As reported by US' Newsweek magazine, Kwatra said the treaty’s preamble reflected a commitment made 'in a spirit of goodwill and friendship', but Pakistan’s conduct had weakened that foundation over half a century.“It is worth remembering that the treaty's preamble declares it was concluded ‘in a spirit of goodwill and friendship’. Pakistan spent half a century dismantling that goodwill and friendship.
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