Indus Waters Treaty to remain suspended until Pakistan aborts support for terrorism: MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs' spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday said that the Indus Waters Treaty will remain suspended until Pakistan aborts support for terrorism.

"The Indus Waters Treaty was concluded in the spirit of goodwill, however Pak has held it in abeyance by its promotion of cross border terrorism. India will keep it in abeyance until Pakistan aborts support for terrorism," said MEA's Jaiswal.

India has decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance amid ongoing tensions with Pakistan, however, India will continue to employ non-kinetic measures, such as diplomatic and economic actions, to pressure Pakistan.


The Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, governs the sharing of waters between India and Pakistan. India's decision to keep the treaty in abeyance reflects the strained relations between the two countries.

A day after the horrific terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that led to the loss of 26 lives, mostly tourists, the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 was kept in abeyance with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.

The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India. At the same time, the Treaty allows each country certain waters of the rivers allocated to the other. The treaty gives India 20 per cent of the water from the Indus River System and the rest 80 per cent to Pakistan.