Islamabad:
Pakistan has made no official decision to repeal a bilateral agreement with India while the two countries compete for the diplomatic incident of April 22.
“No official decision on the repeal of any bilateral agreement with India has been taken so far,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday on Thursday, “said an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The declaration one day came after the Minister of Defense, Khawaja Asif, told a private television channel that the Simla agreement signed between Pakistan and India in 1972 had lost its “saint” due to the unilateral actions of New Delhi, including the suspension of the Industry Water Treaty (IWT).
“THE [Simla] The agreement was bilateral […] As no third party or the World Bank was involved, “said AIF, arguing that the control line (LOC) would turn into a ceasefire line in the absence of the bilateral treaty.
“If this is the case and India started this [attitude] Then, the Simla agreement is between two parties and has no interference or patronage of the World Bank or someone else, so the loc will return to a ceasefire line, which was its original status in accordance [UN] The resolution was adopted at the time of the 1948 plebiscite.
“The sacred nature of the Simla agreement has been eliminated due to India’s actions,” added the Minister of Defense, stating that his conditions, as for India and Pakistan to solve bilaterally problems, were no longer applicable. “The agreement as a whole after this episode of War now has no value,” he added.
The agreement was signed between Pakistan and India in the aftermath of the 1971 war; The signatories were Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi.
