On Tuesday, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and made a demarche that proved Islamabad’s links to the Uri attack.
In the wake of events Prime Minister Modi has said that India would revisit the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty that calls for sharing of the waters of the six rivers of the Indus basin with Pakistan while indicating that the most favoured nation (MFN) trade status granted to the neighbour in 1996 might be revoked.
In his briefing, Toner said: “We want to see closer relations and a normalisation of relations, frankly, between India and Pakistan. It would be the — to the benefit of the region. And we want to see de-escalation in the political discourse between the two countries and greater communication and coordination between them.
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan have also conveyed that it will not attend the Islamabad event, while Sri Lanka has said that the event would not be possible without India’s participation.
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