In his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “very unfortunate” that India and Pakistan have not been able to build peace 75 years after independence and hope for “just and permanent peace” in Kashmir. Then on that day, Erodgan’s reference to Kashmir-who was far more diluted than his past statement that had adopted a critical tone in India and referred to the resolution of the UN Security Council during a broad and constructive meeting from Foreign Minister S Jaisankar with various ministers Jaisankar And constructive with Jaisankar his Turkish colleague, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
While Turkey alluded to the neutral nature and tone of their President’s statement, India was very present that the Kashmir problem was fully bilateral and raised the problem of Cyprus which with Turkey shared a tense historical relationship. But when delivering its intention, India did not refer to the UN resolution about Cyprus.
At the same time, the notion of the official circle is that Erdogan’s statement indeed represents a shift, this follows “very constructive discussion” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Erdogan in Samarkand (during the SCO Summit), and is more productive to maintain to maintain focus on a big picture in Indian relations as a whole with Turkey, and also gets feelings from Ankara about the situation in Ukraine, because Turkey positions itself as a peacemaker that may be on the international stage In a tweet after the meeting, Jaisankar said, “The broad conversation includes Ukraine conflict, food security, G20 process, Global Order, Nam and Cyprus.”
In his speech, Erodgan said, “India and Pakistan, after building their sovereignty and independence 75 years ago, they still have not set peace and solidarity with each other. This is unfortunate. We hope and pray that fair and permanent peace and prosperity will be established in Kashmir. ” While the statement was seen as a product of Turkey’s close relations with Pakistan, it represented a shift when seen in the context of Erdogan’s latest statement.
In 2021, in Unga, Erdogan said, “We maintain our attitude to solve the ongoing problem in Kashmir for 74 years, through dialogue between the parties and within the framework of the relevant UN resolution.”In 2020, the Turkish President said, “Kashmir conflict, which is also the key to stability and peace of South Asia, is still a burning problem … we support solving this problem through dialogue within the UN Framework for the UN Resolution, especially in line with the expectations of people. Kashmir. “
In 2019, Erdogan said, “So that the Kashmir people see a safe future together with their neighboring Pakistani and India, it is very important to solve problems through dialogue and based on justice and justice, not through clashes. “He also accused that the population of the region” almost under the blockade with 8 million people, unfortunately, could not step out of Kashmir “.
While references to Kashmir by third parties cannot be accepted by Delhi, there is no reference for UN resolution and the fact that Erdogan makes a more general attraction for peace and does not place responsibilities on the Indian side alone for the situation has been recorded. PM Modi met Erdogan last week in Samarkand, with the Ministry of External Affairs then stated, “The two leaders reviewed the Indian-Turkey relationship. While noting an increase in the last few years in economic relations, especially bilateral trade, they recognize the potential for further improvement of economic and commercial relations. “
