India has strongly rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at the UNGA, calling them “objectionable”.
India on Friday hit back strongly at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, describing them as “objectionable” and saying that the matter is a bilateral issue with no role for outside mediation.
“Our stand on the Kashmir issue is very clear, there has been no change in it. As far as mediation is concerned, there too, there is no need for any third party to mediate on the bilateral issues between India and Pakistan,” foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters.
The response came after Erdogan once again raised the Kashmir issue at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, saying Turkey was “pleased” with the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. He further urged the dispute be resolved “on the basis of UN resolutions” through dialogue – echoing Ankara’s past support for Pakistan, which New Delhi has consistently criticised.
India lodged a formal protest with the Turkish envoy in New Delhi. “Such unwarranted statements on India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty are unacceptable,” Jaiswal said, reiterating India’s strong objection to Erdogan’s comments.
“It would have been better if Pakistan’s policy of using cross-border terrorism against India, which remains the biggest threat to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, had been called out,” he added.
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