The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has triggered another war of words between India and Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
While Pakistan has raised its objections over India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying the agreement remains a binding international obligation, India lashed out at Islamabad, stating that Pakistan has a habit of misrepresenting facts and propagating falsehoods to serve its malicious propaganda.”
Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said the treaty remains fully in force and has no provision allowing either side to unilaterally suspend it. Islamabad urged India to respect its obligations under the treaty, rejecting what it described as a “unilateral move with no legal basis”. “IWT is a binding international agreement with no provision for unilateral suspension. India cannot set aside international obligations when inconvenient,” said Dar.
India has fiercely rejected Pakistan’s attempts to bring the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) dispute to the United Nations, accusing Islamabad of spreading “malicious propaganda” and distorting reality.
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the ruling Pakistan is peddling is not a valid pronouncement by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). India maintains that the court was set up in direct violation of the IWT’s agreed-upon dispute resolution mechanisms, making it illegal.
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India reiterated that it has never recognized, participated in, or accepted the authority of this specific tribunal. Consequently, its statements have absolutely no bearing on India’s sovereign choices regarding its water infrastructure or the suspension of the pact.
India lashed out at Islamabad, stating that Pakistan has a “habit of misrepresenting facts and propagating falsehoods to serve its malicious propaganda.”
India’s representatives at the UN have consistently underscored a hardline stance: a state that exports cross-border terrorism as a matter of state policy cannot turn around and expect the privileges of a treaty built entirely on goodwill, friendship, and cooperation.
