“For any such treaty to work, its important that there must be mutual cooperation and trust between both the sides. It cannot be a one-sided affair,” Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said cryptically when asked if the government will rethink on the treaty given the growing strain between the two countries.
He had also noted that the preamble of the treaty itself said that it was based on ‘goodwill’ and had said that there were differences over its implementation between the two countries.
Pressed further if India will scrap the treaty, he had refused to elaborate and had only noted that in diplomacy everything was not spelled out and that he had not said that the treaty was not working.In what could be a significant development, the government has called a meeting on Monday to discuss the Indus Water Treaty.
As per media reports, officials from Water Resources Ministry and MEA will brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi on different aspects of the treaty.
Earlier on September 22, India had made it clear that ‘mutual trust and cooperation’ was important for such a treaty to work.The assertion had come amid calls in India that government should scrap the water distribution pact to mount pressure on Pakistan in the aftermath of audacious Uri terror attack.
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