Pakistan continues to participate in Neutral Expert proceedings on IWT: FO

Islamabad (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday said that it continued to fully participate in good faith in the Neutral Expert proceedings, with its next phase scheduled to take place on November 17-21 in Vienna.

“The Neutral Expert proceedings were initiated on India’s request, with their next phase scheduled to take place in Vienna from 17-21 November 2025.

While India has decided to halt its participation, Pakistan continues to fully participate in the Neutral Expert proceedings in good faith,” the Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said in a statement.

He said that the Neutral Expert had ruled that India’s non-participation could not operate as a bar to the proceedings going forward.

The spokesperson said that in the context of the arbitration initiated by Pakistan against India under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), Pakistan had taken note of the recent Decision of the Court of Arbitration which has offered helpful clarification on certain aspects of the Court’s ‘Award on Issues of General Interpretation of the Indus Waters Treaty’, published on 8 August 2025.

Pakistan has also taken note of the Procedural Order issued in parallel with the decision which affirms that the Court will continue to conduct these proceedings in a phased manner and would take into account the proceedings taking place before the Neutral Expert under Article IX and Annexure F of the IWT, he added.