"I cannot think of any agreement in world where a country allowed its major rivers to flow to the next country", Dr Jaishankar on Indus Water Treaty

  External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha:

"... The Indus Water Treaty will be held in abeyance until Pakistan irrevocably gives up its support of terrorism... Blood and water will not flow together..."

"The Indus Water Treaty in many ways is a very unique agreement. I cannot think of any agreement in the world where a country has allowed its major rivers to flow to the next country without having rights on that river. So it was an extraordinary agreement and, it's important when we have put it in abeyance, to recall the history of this event.

 Yesterday I heard people, some people are uncomfortable with history. They prefer that historical things be forgotten. Maybe it does not suit them, they only like to recall some things...".

Jaishankar said, "The then Prime Minister said let us do this treaty because the Indian government should consider the interests of Pakistani Punjab. Not a word was spoken about the interests of our own farmers in Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh".

"The Indus Water Treaty will be held in abeyance until Pakistan irrevocably gives up its support of terrorism. Blood and water will not flow together," the Minister said. 

"Holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance was an important step taken by India. I would want to repeat what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: Blood and water will not flow together. There can be no engagement with Pakistan unless it dismantles the terror infrastructure operating from its soil," Dr Jaishankar said. 

 "... In the last decade, we have been able to put terrorism on the global agenda... Whether it is BRICS, SCO, QUAD or at the bilateral level...".

"Tahawwur Rana, who was wanted for 26 years, finally has been brought back by the Modi government and is today facing trials in this country...".

"We were told for 60 years that nothing can be done. Pandit Nehru's mistakes can't be corrected. The Narendra Modi government showed it can be corrected. 

The Article 370 was corrected. The Indus Water Treaty is being corrected, it was being held in abeyance until Pakistan irrevocably gives up its support of terrorism. 

We had warned that blood and water can not flow together, today, we are demonstrating that we say, we will do. Blood and water will not flow together." 

The Minister also said:

 We have responded to the Pakistan attack, and we will keep responding whenever it attacks

On May 9, US Vice-President informed PM Modi about Pakistan's plan of massive attack on India. 

Pakistan attacked, and India gave fitting and appropriate response: