India is yet to receive any formal communication from the World Bank on any such meeting.
India has not confirmed its participation in meetings on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) due in April in the United States, the Times of India reported.
According to the news report, India is unlikely to participate and it has refused to share information with Pakistan on the Miyar hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Monday, Pakistan’s water and power minister Khwaja Asif said at a news conference in Islamabad that two countries will hold a meeting in Washington DC during April 11-13 for talks mediated by World Bank.
However, India is yet to receive any formal communication from the World Bank on any such meeting, sources told the newspaper. It further added that India wants to discuss the disputes by the Indus Commission, but not by a mediated meeting.
This information comes in the wake of a closed-door meeting on Monday between a 10-number Indian delegation led by Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena and Pakistani officials. Apparently, after the meeting, the Pakistani media reported that minister Asif has told that the efforts of former US Secretary of State John Kerry and the World Bank president played a pivotal role in bringing the two countries to the table.
India and Pakistan are involved in a dispute over the 330MV Kishenganga Project and the 850 MV Ratle project being built on the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. Pakistan has objected to the design of the Kishenganga project. Also, Pakistan has alleged that the project has flouted the provisions of Indus Waters Treaty and that it would result in a 40% reduction in the water flow.