Pakistan, June 19 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (DPM/FM), Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday warned that the use of transboundary water resources as a tool of coercion threatens regional peace and global stability, and stressed that respect for international treaties and cooperative water governance must remain the cornerstone of the international order.

Addressing the Brussels Conference titled "Transboundary Water Resources: A Weaponised Global Common," DPM Dar said shared water resources should unite nations rather than divide them, and called for adherence to international law and treaty obligations to prevent conflicts over water.

The conference was jointly organized by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CE...