Don’t interfere in internal affairs: India rejects Turkish President Erdogan's comments on Kashmir
India has asked Turkey not to interfere in India's internal affairs and rejected all references made by the Turkish President on Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan.
In Short
- India has rejected Turkish President Erdogan's comments on Kashmir
- India has also asked the Turkish President not to interfere in India's internal affairs
- Erdogan had commented on Kashmir during his address to Pakistan's Parliament
India on Saturday criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments on Kashmir and asked him not to interfere in India's internal affairs.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kaumar said India rejects all references made by the Turkish President on Jammu and Kashmir, stating that the region is an integral and inalienable part of India.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA): We call upon the Turkish leadership to not interfere in India's internal affairs and develop proper understanding of the facts, including the grave threat posed by terrorism emanating from Pakistan to India and the region. https://t.co/6J8i5v7Pyi ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2020
In an address at Pakistan's Parliament on Friday, Erdogan compared "the struggle of Kashmiri people with that of fight by Turkish people against foreign domination during the World War I".
"India rejects all references to Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and inalienable part of India," Kumar said in reference to Erdogan's comments on Jammu and Kashmir.
"We call upon the Turkish leadership not to interfere in India's internal affairs and develop a proper understanding of the facts, including the grave threat posed by terrorism emanating from Pakistan to India and the region," he said.
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