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New Delhi: India has reacted sharply to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s renewed support for Kashmiris, following his call for resolving the Kashmir dispute through UN-backed dialogue.<\/p>\nNew Delhi: India has reacted sharply to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s renewed support for Kashmiris, following his call for resolving the Kashmir dispute through UN-backed dialogue.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Erdogan, during his recent visit to Islamabad, reaffirmed Turkiye\u2019s solidarity with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and called for UN dialogue to resolve the long-standing conflict.<\/p>\n
In response to Erdogan\u2019s comments, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned the Turkish ambassador and lodged a formal protest. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a weekly briefing, dismissed Erdogan\u2019s statement, saying, \u201cWe reject such objectionable remarks on matters internal to India. We have conveyed a strong protest to the Turkish ambassador. Any unwarranted comment on India\u2019s territorial integrity and sovereignty is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jaiswal also reiterated India\u2019s claim that Jammu and Kashmir is an \u201cintegral part\u201d of the country, while attempting to deflect attention to Pakistan by labeling \u201ccross-border terrorism\u201d as the \u201cbiggest threat\u201d to the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).<\/p>\n
However, the reality remains that Kashmir is a disputed region, acknowledged as such by the United Nations and the international community. It is India, not Pakistan, that has consistently resorted to state-sponsored repression to crush the Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for their right to self-determination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: India has reacted sharply to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s renewed support for Kashmiris, following his call for resolving the Kashmir dispute through UN-backed dialogue. According to Kashmir Media Service, Erdogan, during his recent visit to Islamabad, reaffirmed Turkiye\u2019s solidarity with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue and called for UN dialogue to resolve …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":169579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-169578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-top-story"],"yoast_head":"\n