‘Talks suspended till … ‘: India rejects Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s call for dialogue on Indus Waters Treaty, terror, Kashmir | India News

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday as soon as once more reiterated that dialogue with Pakistan won’t resume till Islamabad takes concrete and efficient motion towards terrorism. Regarding the Indus Waters Treaty, which was suspended following the Pahalgam terror assault on April 22, India mentioned that the treaty will stay on maintain till Pakistan “irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.”“As far as our engagement with Pakistan is concerned, our stand has been clear. Any engagement has to be bilateral. We would like to reiterate that terrorism and talks cannot go together. They need to hand over to India, noted terrorists, whose records and list we submitted to them some years ago. Talks on J&K will be held only on the vacating of PoK and when Pakistan hands over the territory to us,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned at his weekly press briefing.“As far as the Indus Water Treaty is concerned, it will remain in abeyance till the time Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support to cross-border terrorism. Just like PM Narendra Modi says, terror and talks cannot go together, terror and trade cannot go together, and water and blood cannot flow together,” Jaiswal added.Willing for promotion of commerce with India: Pakistan PMThe MEA’s sturdy rebuke got here a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed Islamabad’s readiness to interact in talks with India on the Kashmir dispute and counterterrorism. “There cannot be a bigger commitment and intention to beat this menace (terrorism) for all times to come, and in that, if India wants in all sincerity honest cooperation, Pakistan would be willing, along with the promotion of trade with India. All these issues need to be discussed on the table,” he mentioned.“I think this is most unfortunate that India tried to threaten to stop our flow of water to Pakistan. This is not possible, was never possible, and will not be possible, God-willing. We are making proper arrangements to ensure that India never ever does it,” the Pakistani PM mentioned.India had launched precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in response to the Pahalgam terror assault, which claimed the lives of 26 individuals, principally vacationers. The authorities had vowed harsh retribution, and over 100 terrorists have been eradicated in Operation Sindoor.Following the strikes, the Indian Armed Forces efficiently repelled Pakistan’s retaliatory army aggression, focusing on a number of of its airbases. Subsequently, each nations agreed to stop army actions and firing after the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan reached out to his Indian counterpart.In the fast aftermath of the Pahalgam assault, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 till Pakistan verifiably renounces its assist for cross-border terrorism.The Treaty had allotted the waters of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas rivers—round 33 million acre toes (MAF)—to India for unique use. Pakistan obtained the waters of the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab, averaging 135 MAF, besides for sure restricted makes use of allowed for India.India has additionally developed hydroelectric tasks on Western rivers, inside treaty limits. Major dams like Bhakra, Pong, Pandoh, and Thein, together with infrastructure such because the Beas-Sutlej and Madhopur-Beas hyperlinks, allow full utilisation of Eastern river waters.