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New Delhi: India will put forward its perspective on the impending IMF bailout for Pakistan at the board meeting of IMF scheduled today, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Friday.
“You must be aware that the IMF meeting is underway. We will put forward our perspective and our views with the IMF members. It is up to the Board as to what decision they take,” India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, told reporters at a press conference here in the national capital.
It is obvious that India will mount opposition to the bailout package to Pakistan, a country that supports terrorism.
The foreign secretary, however, was tightlipped as to what India will convey at the IMF meeting. Reportedly, Pakistan is seeking the next tranche of IMF bailout worth USD 1 billion.
India has sharply downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan after the April 22 terrorist attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, leading to the death of 26 individuals and several other injured, mostly tourists.
India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which would over a period of time will severely reduce Pakistan’s water supply.
Earlier this week, sources told media that India will also approach FATF (Financial Action Task Force) to include Pakistan in the grey list. Adding the country to the grey list would make it difficult for terror-harboring Pakistan to attract multilateral lending.
Asked about the status of Indus Waters Treaty, Misri said, “Indus Waters Treaty is in abeyance, and I have nothing further to add to the decision that was announced by Cabinet Committee on Security.”
