Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strident speech at the UN General Assembly on
Kashmir and his support for Pakistan shows that New Delhi’s relations with
Ankara are on the downswing and that the Modi government has not engaged enough
with the country, former diplomats said Thursday.
In his
address at the UN in New York Wednesday, Erdogan said the Kashmir issue had to
be resolved through “dialogue on the basis of justice, equity, and not through
collision”. He added that, over the 72 years since India’s independence and
Pakistan’s formation, the “Kashmir conflict” had not received adequate
attention from the international community.
His speech
came after a bilateral meeting between Erdogan and Pakistan Prime Minister
Imran Khan where the scrapping of Article 370 was discussed. India has not
issued a statement on Erdogan’s remarks.
“The
statement made by Erdogan at the UN General Assembly has surely cast a shadow
on the bilateral relationship between India and Turkey,” said M.K. Bhadrakumar,
who was India’s ambassador to Turkey from 1998 to 2000.
“But this is
also true that Turkey has been rhetorical on Kashmir. All we need to do at this
point is engage with them,” he added. “We have become very one-dimensional
since Turkey enjoys a friendly relationship with Pakistan. We are not engaging
with them at all
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