An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) said Thursday that a formal decision had not been made so far to annul the bilateral agreement with India following the Defense Minister Khawaja Asif saying that Simla’s agreement was now inapplicable.
“So far no formal decision on the abrogation of any bilateral agreement with India has been made,” said the FO official Dawn.com.
Dawn.com He has communicated with the minister for a comment.
Talk with Geographical news Today early, Asif, with respect to India, with the Treaty of the Waters of the Indo (IWT) in suspense after the additional deterioration of the relations between the two countries after the Pahalgam attack on April 22 in Cashmira Occupied, he said that the agreement had no room for any part to retire from it unilaterally.
He said that all decisions on the agreement could be taken with the joint agreement of both parties.
“If this is the case and India has begun this [attitude] Then, the Simla agreement is between two parts and has no interference or sponsors [UN] Resolution approved at the time of the plebiscite of 1948.
“The holiness of the Simla agreement has been eliminated due to the actions of India,” added the Minister of Defense, saying that his conditions, as for India and Pakistan to solve problems bilaterally, were no longer applicable.
“The agreement as a whole after this episode of war now has no value.”
The agreement was signed between Pakistan and India after the 1971 war; The signatories are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi. The agreement, among other things, stipulated that none of the parties would take any action unilaterally, that the disputes between the two countries would be resolved bilaterally and that the high line of fire would become the loc.
In relation to Kashmir, he declared that “the basic problems and the causes of conflict that have affected the relations between the two countries during the last 25 years will be resolved by peaceful means.” He also forced both countries to discuss the modalities and arrangements for peace and lasting normalization.
However, Pakistan argues that India violated Simla’s agreement in 2019 when he unilaterally revoked article 370, altering the state of Jammu and Kashmir occupied. This allowed strangers to obtain a home and a buymoese purchase property to change the demography of the Muslim majority of the Valley, again called violation of the agreement.
After Pahalgam’s attack, New Delhi, while pointing to Pakistan’s finger without proof, suspended the IWT with immediate effect, along with other measures.
In retaliation, Pakistan decided that he would exercise the right to conclude all bilateral agreements with India, including, among others, the Simla Agreement, in suspense. He also announced the closure of the border with Wagah and the suspension of all trade with New Delhi, among other measures.
