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Summary Though the talks ended without an outcome, both the parties agreed to continue talks.
The two day secretary level talks held in Islamabad between Pakistan and India on the Wullar barrage ended without any positive outcome as Pakistan rejected India’s current design of the barrage. Pakistan’s Water and Power secretary, Javed Iqbal represented the Pakistani delegation while Indian Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijay Singh led the Indian delegation.In the talks, Pakistan maintained that the Wullar barrage cannot be constructed because it violates the Indus Basin Water Treaty of 1960. Pakistan’s stance was that India was looking to achieve various goals by constructing the Wullar barrage and said that India should use other means to achieve their goals.On the other hand, India insisted that the Indus Basin Water Treaty allowed the construction of the Wullar barrage. The Indian delegation said if Pakistan wants, India is ready to alter the designs of the barrage.
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