Pakistan made every effort to dismantle goodwill under Indus Water Treaty: Kwatra

Washington, Aug. 2 -- The Indus Water Treaty was signed in the spirit of goodwill and friendship, and Pakistan spent half a century dismantling it, India's envoy to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra said.

The Indus Water Treaty was signed in the spirit of goodwill and friendship, and Pakistan spent half a century dismantling it, India's envoy to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra said.

Kwatra's article came days after Pakistan hosted a conference recently to protest against India's decision to hold the IWT in abeyance on April 23 last year, a day after Pakistan-trained terrorists killed 26 people, most of them tourists, at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.

"It is worth remembering that the treaty's preamble declares it was concluded 'in a spirit of goodwill...