India, June 27 -- New Delhi India has kept the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance in the interest of the country and Pakistan's letters on the matter will not change the country's decision, Jal Shakti (water) minister CR Patil said on Thursday, when asked if India is considering renegotiating the water-sharing pact.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to put the treaty on hold and the move will "benefit the country", the minister said at a briefing. Asked if India had responded to a series of letters written by Pakistan on the matter, Patil said, "Writing letters is a natural process. To write letters, replying etc.these things keep happening. But because letters were written.there is no forward movement... there is no change."

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