New Delhi (NVI): India today slammed Turkish President for his “completely unacceptable” comments on Jammu and Kashmir and said that his remarks reflect “neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy.”
In a strong demarche issued to the Turkish Government over Erdogan’s recent remarks made in Pakistan, India said the comments amounted to interfering in the internal affairs of another country and warned that there will be “implications” on bilateral relationship.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Turkey has once again sought to justify cross-border terrorism indulged in by Pakistan.
In response to a media query on comments made by the President of Turkey on India’s internal matters during his recent visit to Pakistan, the Official Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said, “India has made a strong demarche with the Turkish Government on the remarks made by President Erdogan on the Indian Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir during his recent visit to Islamabad.
“These remarks reflect neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy. They distort events of the past to advance a narrow-minded view of the present.”
“This recent episode is but one more example of a pattern of Turkey interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. India finds that completely unacceptable. We particularly reject the repeated attempts by Turkey to justify the cross border terrorism practised so blatantly by Pakistan,” he said.
These developments have strong implications for our bilateral relationship, Kumar added.
The demarche was made by Secretary (West) to the Ambassador of Turkey in New Delhi earlier today.
