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| PM Modi Won't Go To Pak, 3 Other |
| PM Modi Won't Go To Pak, 3 Other Nations Join India In Boycott: 10 Facts
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| INDIA
, 28-September-2016
6:1:17 AM |
| Within hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirming he will not attend a regional SAARC summit in Pakistan, three other countries have opted out of the November session, which will have to be re-located. The boycott is a big thrust in India's campaign to globally isolate Pakistan after terrorists from across the border crossed into Kashmir earlier this month and killed 18 soldiers at an army camp in Uri
1Last night, India said it cannot attend the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) meeting in November in Islamabad. In a statement, the government blamed "increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region" for creating "an environment that is not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit."
2SAARC has eight members. Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan followed India in pulling out of the meet, all blaming Pakistan for inciting violence. Afghanistan spoke of "imposed terrorism" on its people.
3Yesterday, India summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner to inform him about two men from Pakistan who have been arrested and who allegedly helped the four terrorists who attacked the Uri army base to cross into Kashmir. Pakistan has denied involvement in the terror strike.
4PM Narendra Modi has pledged that the Uri attack will not go unavenged. Though military action is not likely, he has taken other retaliatory moves to penalise Pakistan, including announcing that India will move to "maximise" the amount of water it is entitled to as part of the decades-old Indus Water Treaty.
5Officials have said though it is unlikely, they cannot at this stage rule out that India will renounce or abrogate the treaty. Pakistan's top foreign affairs official, Sartaj Aziz, has said that would equate "an act of war" and has sought the intervention and arbitration of international agencies including the World Bank
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