United Nations:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the problem of Kashmir throughout his handle to world leaders on the high-level 78th session of the UN Common Meeting session right here.
“One other improvement that may pave the best way for regional peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia would be the institution of a simply and lasting peace in Kashmir by means of dialogue and cooperation between India and Pakistan,” Erdogan mentioned in his handle to the Common Debate Tuesday.
“As Turkiye, we’ll proceed to assist the steps to be taken on this route,” he mentioned.
His remark comes weeks after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi throughout which each the leaders mentioned strengthening commerce and infrastructure relations.
Erdogan mentioned it was a matter of pleasure that India was taking part in a job on the United Nations Safety Council. He mentioned he favoured making 5 everlasting and 15 “non permanent” members as everlasting members of the UN Safety Council.
“These 20 (5+15) needs to be everlasting members of the UNSC in rotation. However as , the world is greater than 5. After we say the world is bigger than 5, what we imply is that it is not solely in regards to the US, UK, France, China and Russia,” he mentioned.
In recent times, the Turkish chief has referred to the problem of Kashmir in his handle to world leaders on the high-level UN Common Meeting session.
Final yr, Erdogan raked up the problem of Kashmir throughout his handle to world leaders on the high-level UN Common Meeting session right here.
“India and Pakistan, after having established their sovereignty and independence 75 years in the past, they nonetheless have not established peace and solidarity between each other. That is a lot unlucky. We hope and pray {that a} honest and everlasting peace and prosperity can be established in Kashmir,” Erdogan had mentioned.
In 2020, Erdogan in his pre-recorded video assertion to the Common Debate had made a reference to Jammu and Kashmir. India had at the moment termed it as “fully unacceptable”, saying Turkey ought to be taught to respect the sovereignty of different nations and replicate by itself insurance policies extra deeply.
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