10-21-2006, 03:05 PM
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zeetv.com
Islamabad, Oct 21: Pakistan has declined to comment on reports appearing in the Indian media suggesting that the World Bank neutral expert arbitrating on the Baglihar dam dispute had in his âdraft final determinationâ rejected Islamabadâs contention that New Delhi had violated the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Quoting some unnamed official sources in Srinagar, a section of Indian media had on Thursday carried reports that the World Bank neutral expert Raymond Latiffe had upheld the Indian position during his last meeting in Paris.
At the Paris meeting held early this month the neutral expert had shared his âdraft final determinationâ with the two parties and asked them to forward him their written comments on it by October 26, reported a local daily.
A couple of officials involved in the Baglihar talks declined to offer any comments on the reported Indian claim, added the paper.
An official who refused to be drawn into the controversy, said that both parties had given an undertaking to the neutral expert not to make any statements, publicly or privately, on the âdraft final determinationâ. "We want to keep our pledge," said the official.
Bureau ReportÂ
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zeetv.com
Islamabad, Oct 21: Pakistan has declined to comment on reports appearing in the Indian media suggesting that the World Bank neutral expert arbitrating on the Baglihar dam dispute had in his âdraft final determinationâ rejected Islamabadâs contention that New Delhi had violated the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Quoting some unnamed official sources in Srinagar, a section of Indian media had on Thursday carried reports that the World Bank neutral expert Raymond Latiffe had upheld the Indian position during his last meeting in Paris.
At the Paris meeting held early this month the neutral expert had shared his âdraft final determinationâ with the two parties and asked them to forward him their written comments on it by October 26, reported a local daily.
A couple of officials involved in the Baglihar talks declined to offer any comments on the reported Indian claim, added the paper.
An official who refused to be drawn into the controversy, said that both parties had given an undertaking to the neutral expert not to make any statements, publicly or privately, on the âdraft final determinationâ. "We want to keep our pledge," said the official.
Bureau ReportÂ
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