We hope that Pakistan side will see reason in our suggestions on the way forward," Swarup said.
After Pakistan said it move the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) to restrain India from building two major hydropower projects on Jhelum and Chenab, India responded saying Pakistan was violating Indus Waters Treaty provisions by going to a third party and should refrain from doing so.
The ttwo rivers assigned to Islamabad under the 1960s Indus Waters Treaty. An eight-member delegation led by Secretary Water and Power Mohammad Younas Dagha is presently in New Delhi for final talks on resolving the dispute bilaterally or to seek arbitration
"The visit of a team from Pakistan led by Water and Power Secretary of Pakistan to New Delhi on July 14-15, 2016 was in response to India pointing out to Pakistan that the latter was violating provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty in rushing to a third forum without attempting to avail Treaty provisions for amicably resolving matters of mutual concern pertaining to two hydro-electric projects. "The two projects are-Kishenganga (330 MW on Jhelums tributary) and Ratle (850 MW on Chenab).
"During the talks both sides stated their views at Govt level. We hope that Pakistan side will see reason in our suggestions on the way forward," MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.
"Pakistan to move international court of arbitration," Pakistan's Federal Minister for Water and Power Khwaja Mohammad Asif, had tweeted, He also holds the portfolio of Federal Minister for Defence. Asif said the talks for two and a half years with India on resolution of Pakistan's objections regarding Kishanganga and Ratle Hydroelectric projects have failed. "Pakistan with consent of stakeholders decided to take it to full court of arbitration," he said adding that India has invited Pakistan to discuss points of dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty.
Under the treaty, in case the parties fail to resolve water disputes through bilateral means, the aggrieved party has the option to invoke the jurisdiction of the ICA or the neutral expert under the auspices of the World Bank.
An official said Pakistan feels its water rights are being violated by India on two rivers, the Chenab and Jhelum, through a faulty design of 850 MW Ratle Hydropower Project and 330 MW Kishanganga Hydropower, respectively.
Pakistan believes the Indian design of the Ratle project would reduce Chenab water flow by 40 per cent at Head Marala and cause irrigation loss to crops.
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