Pakistan’s letter on India’s IWT violations handed over to UNSC president

Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad handed over a letter from the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar to Ambassador Leonor Zalabata Torres of Colombia, president of the Security Council for June, concerning India’s continued “illegal actions and violations” of the World Bank-brokered 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan, according to a Pakistani mission press release. It said the letter draws urgent attention of the 15-member Council to the two illegal Indian infrastructure projects linked to Chenab River system aimed at water diversion, which reveal India’s intention to illegally alter the Treaty-governed flow and use of the Western Rivers, weaponising water with dangerous implications for Pakistan’s water, food, and economic security as well as regional stability and international peace and security. The letter urges the Security Council to take cognizance of this “fragile and deteriorating situation and hold India accountable for its brazen violations”. Ambassador Asim also briefed the UNSC president on the overall situation in South Asia and India’s continued non-compliance with its obligations under UN Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, according to the press release.

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