JAKARTA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that Pakistan will not get water from the rivers that are India's rights.
Modi made this statement on Thursday, May 22, a month after the deadly attack on India'sASH which caused New Delhi to suspend a major river water-sharing agreement between the two neighboring countries.
The suspension of the Indus Waters Agreement, negotiated by the World Bank in 1960, was one of a series of actions India announced against Pakistan last month following the April 22 attack that killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists.
New Delhi said the attack was backed by Pakistan a charge Islamabad denies.
The neighboring nuclear-armed nation engaged in their worst military fighting in nearly three decades before agreeing to a ceasefire on May 10.
"Pakistan harus membayar harga yang mahal untuk setiap serangan teroris. Militer Pakistan akan membayarnya, ekonomi Pakistan akan membayarnya," kata Modi dalam acara publik di negara bagian barat laut Rajasthan, yang berbatasi dengan Pakistan dilansir Reuters.
The Indus Agreement provides water for 80% of Pakistan's agriculture from three rivers flowing from India, but Pakistan's finance minister said its suspension would not have a "direct impact".
The ceasefire between the two countries has been largely implemented. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said there was currently no shootout and "there have been some appropriate troop repositions".
"The operation (military) continues because there is a clear message that if there is an action as we saw on April 22, there will be a response, we will attack terrorists," Jaishankar told Dutch news agency NOS.
"If terrorists are in Pakistan, we will attack them where they are."
There was no immediate response from Pakistan to Modi and Jaishankar's statement.
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India and Pakistan have had problems with relations since they were separated from British India in 1947, and have fought three times, two of which are fighting over theUSH region of the Himalayans, both of which are claimed to be fully but partially controlled.
New Delhi also blamed Pakistan for supporting Islamic separatists who fought security forces in itscivilion, but Islamabad denied the allegations.
The two hostile countries have taken some action against each other since April's attacks on matahariks, including trade cessation, land border closures, and suspension of most visas.
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