India-Pakistan ceasefire: Indus Water Treaty to remain in abeyance, MEA says no understanding reached on…

India-Pakistan ceasefire: India will continue to withhold the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance no matter New Delhi and Islamabad reaching a ceasefire settlement on Saturday to entire hostilities that had escalated at some stage within the final few days. “There may be not always a pre or post-condition to the notion touching on protection drive action between India and Pakistan reached on Saturday and the Indus Water Treaty will remain in abeyance,” ANI quoted sources within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) as announcing.

India has taken a series of diplomatic measures in opposition to Pakistan following the dejected April 22 Pahalgam dread assault, collectively with maintaining the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. New Delhi’s strikes had been aimed to withhold Pakistan accountable for sponsoring and funding corrupt-border terrorism, according to the government.

The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan and the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India. On the connected time, the Treaty enables every nation to allocate decided waters of the rivers to the assorted. The treaty affords India 20 per cent of the water from the Indus River System and the final 80 p.c to Pakistan.

India-Pakistan ceasefire

Meanwhile, earlier within the evening, India and Pakistan agreed to a “pudgy and rapid” ceasefire, US President Donald Trump launched on his social media handles. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that US mediation played a key role, and praised the management of both countries for picking “general sense and great intelligence” to de-escalate the crisis.

“After a lengthy night of talks mediated by the US, I am glad to inform that India and Pakistan bask in agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both Worldwide locations on the utilization of General Sense and Great Intelligence. Thank you to your attention to this matter!,” the US President wrote, later sharing a screenshot of his Truth Social post on his X tackle.

Later, in an announcement, the MEA confirmed the ceasefire announcing that the DGMOs of India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed that every aspects would quit all firing and armed forces action on land and within the air and sea with attain from 1700 hours Indian Common Time. The dedication turned into as soon as initiated by Pakistan.

At 3.30 pm on the brand new time, the Director General of Militia Operations of Pakistan known as the Director General of Militia Operations of India, and they agreed that every aspects would quit all firing and armed forces action on land, within the air, and at sea with attain from 5 pm on the brand new time, the MEA assertion talked about.

“Instructions had been given on all aspects to give attain to the notion,” International Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters, he talked about, collectively with the DGMOs of both nation will talk as soon as more on Monday afternoon.

Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s escalation

On May 7, India conducted missile strikes on nine dread bases inner Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) according to the barbaric Pahalgam dread assault, the assign 26 civilians, principally Indian Hindu tourists, had been killed in cool blood by terrorists.

Day after Op Sindoor, Pakistan upped the ante with a series of unprovoked escalations, collectively with missile and drone attacks on Indian cities, which had been successfully repelled by India.

(With ANI inputs)