The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday responded to Pakistan’s threats over the pending Indus Waters Treaty and said that India’s position is firm. MEA spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said treatment was pending, citing Pakistan’s “continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism.”
“India’s position on the Indus Water Treaty is firm. The Indus Water Treaty is on hold in response to Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. Pakistan must credibly and irreversibly renounce its support for cross-border terrorism,” Jaiswal said.
The MEA’s reaction comes after a Pakistani minister early this week issued a stark warning to India over the treaty, saying Islamabad would “cut off those hands” which he claimed were seeking to control the waters of the Indus River.
“There is a tap controlled by the prime minister of a neighboring country. He says he will not allow even a drop of water to flow into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s climate change minister, Musadiq Malik, told Dawn. Several Pakistani news agencies published clips of Malik’s statements, which also appeared online.
Ahead of Malik’s tough statement, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar warned of a war over the treaty that remains pending in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025. Dar said any attempt by India to deny Pakistan its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty would amount to “weaponization of water” and could have dire consequences for regional peace and security, the Associated Press reported.
