Modi is really cruel this time, first cutting off the water and driving people!

Faced with international pressure, he did not choose to release water in a regular manner, but used the sudden flood discharge to vent his inner dissatisfaction and turned the river into a "weapon" to attack Pakistan.

Pakistan Railway called China for help, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi rarely made a tough statement.

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The conflict between India and Pakistan has always been around, but this recurrence also stems from a "terrorist attack".

On the 22nd of this month, when countries around the world were attracted by the Sino-US tariff war, an incident of militants shooting tourists in the region occurred in Kashmir controlled by India.

This caused more than 30 casualties, which was already considered a "terrorist attack". After the incident, India quickly spoke out internationally for condemnation.

But he did not condemn terrorists, but accused Pakistan of supporting "cross-border terrorism"...

People who sit in trouble at home come from heaven. Let’s not talk about whether this matter has anything to do with Pakistan. At least international incidents need to be investigated, obtained evidence, and condemned, right?

So India announced a series of tough measures against Pakistan, including water resource control and tightening of border areas, and even Pakistani diplomats were expelled.

Border control and the expulsion of diplomats can still be understood, but this control of water resources is a bit inhumane.

As early as 1960, India and Pakistan signed the Indus River Water Treaty. In the treaty, India agreed not to divert the river water from Pakistan, which means that the two countries shared the river and jointly managed it.

India gets 20% Pakistan gets 80%, which shows how important this river is to Pakistan.

It is no exaggeration to say that 25% of the irrigation of farmland in Pakistan and nearly 40% of the population and employment security of nearly 40% of the population all rely on this river, and even a large part of the domestic electricity consumption depends on this river to generate electricity hydropower.

As a result, India directly stopped river water sharing on the 23rd of this month, claiming that it would not consider continuing to implement the river water treaty until "Pakistan gave up its support for cross-border terrorism."

At the same time, Pakistan has also taken countermeasures, closing trade cooperation with India, and restricting India in airspace, but compared with water sources, these countermeasures cannot pose a threat to India at the first time.

The Pakistani Prime Minister also stood up at the first time and said that "the investigation of the attack is open to the attack", but denied India's allegations and bluntly stated that there is no evidence of all this.

It also emphasizes that "water resources issues are related to the life and death of the country, and any infringement will be hit hardest"!

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As a result, India suddenly released floods without any notice.

This behavior is nothing more than a move that India does not want to compromise but has to compromise in the face of international pressure.

You should know that compared with military confrontation, the control of water resources is tantamount to a killing knife. It can not only avoid responsibility through "mistakes and misoperation", but also cause a huge blow to the economies of downstream countries.

The water is cut off with the left hand and the flood is discharged with the right hand. Doing so will only drag the relationship between the two countries into the abyss!

As early as the 24th, the Secretary-General of the United Nations expressed his hope that the two countries would control themselves and not worsen the situation further.

But obviously these remarks did not have any effect. On the evening of the 25th alone, many small-scale conflicts broke out between India and Pakistan.

Flood discharge is also considered a long-term acceptance of the achievements of India's weaponization of water resources.

At that time, there were not so many things when the two sides signed the river contract, but India's population has skyrocketed in recent years, and the domestic lack of water resources has also occurred.

So Modi set his sights on this water source early, and this move is highly likely to be testing the reactions of all parties.

Last year, India also proposed to modify the agreement, but was rejected by Pakistan.

Nowadays, the flood discharge in India has caused a sharp rise in water levels in many places in Pakistan, which has caused floods, causing considerable losses to local agriculture and animal husbandry.

Faced with such a situation, Pakistani Foreign Minister Dar also had a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the 27th.

It is obvious that Pakistan hopes that we can mediate the conflict.

After all, in the face of absolute control of water resources, Pakistan cannot beat India in any case.

On the phone, Wang Yi clearly stated that "China closely monitors the development of the current situation, understands Pakistan's reasonable security concerns, and supports the safeguarding of its sovereignty and full interests."

At the same time, 18 words were handed over, "I hope both sides will remain restrained, move towards each other, and promote the cooling of the situation"!

This statement has been very clear. I hope both sides will restrain themselves from avoiding further escalation of the situation before the matter is investigated clearly.

We have always supported sitting down and “putting things openly” not targeting them in certain areas.

South Asia is also an important channel in China's "Belt and Road Project". In addition, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is also a landmark project in the Belt and Road Initiative, which has played a great role in promoting the project.

The Kashmir region borders us. Once something happens, China has the right to know, and it is really inappropriate to cause the situation to deteriorate further due to misunderstandings.

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In fact, it is difficult to end when things have developed to this point. The Pakistani government has begun to prepare materials to submit a complaint to the United Nations, demanding that the United Nations investigate India's water control and flood discharge.

This is equivalent to the intention of using international public opinion to put pressure on India to prevent India from "weaponizing water resources" again.

In 2019, India and Pakistan once had a serious military confrontation due to terrorist attacks, including air combat and ground shelling and full-scale warfare.

In the end, the matter came to an end only when the Israeli-Palestinian side released the prisoners, but although there was no major conflict between the two sides over the years, the minor conflict has never stopped.

I can only say that I hope both sides can resolve the problem at the negotiating table, and it is not to intensify the contradiction between the problems, otherwise the people of the two countries will suffer.