THE HAGUE, September 1, 2012.

The Court of Arbitration constituted in the matter of the Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India) has concluded a two-week hearing on the merits at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

Pakistan initiated this arbitration with India under Article IX and Annexure G of the Indus Waters Treaty, an international agreement concluded by India and Pakistan in 1960 which regulates the use by the two States of the Indus system of rivers.

In these proceedings, Pakistan places two matters for determination by the Court of Arbitration: