Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi has said Pakistan has very strong legal and political standing on every issue with respect to India.
At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad today, he said if any country wishes to engage both India and Pakistan with a view to helping with the peace and security issues, Pakistan is ready to join. He said Pakistan does not have any skeleton to hide, unlike India which shies away from international engagement because it knows that its positions on different issues, like Jammu and Kashmir, trans-boundary river water and counter-terrorism cannot stand the scrutiny of international law and compliance of the UN Charter.
As regards the violation of Indus Water Treaty by India, the spokesperson emphasized it is a mindset of aggression and misappropriation of other people's resources and this mindset needs to be rejected. He said Pakistan is following all the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty. He said Pakistan wants the sanctity of the treaty to be upheld and it be implemented in full earnest.
The spokesperson said Pakistan has stepped up its diplomatic engagement with key regional and international stakeholders as well as the principal interlocutors to facilitate earnest follow-up and implementation of the Islamabad MOU between Iran and the United States. Referring to the talks concluded in Doha, he said Pakistan along with its Qatari partner will continue to play a facilitative and mediatory role in the negotiation process.
