NEW DELHI – India released a statement on Saturday following a recentofficial visit by the Turkish president to Pakistan.
In the statement, Indian External Affairs Ministry’s spokesman RaveeshKumar urged Turkey to “not interfere” in what it said were India’s”internal affairs,” adding that it rejected “all references to Jammu andKashmir” in a joint declaration between Ankara and Islamabad following thevisit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Islamabad.
Meanwhile in Pakistan, Erdogan’s visit dominated the country’s mediaoutlets.
Pakistan’s most popular Urdu-language newspaper, the Daily Jang highlightedthe ongoing strategic, trade, and investment cooperation between the twocountries, including their joint efforts to combat Islamophobia.
Dawn — the country’s oldest English-language daily — focused on thevisit’s potential to transform Pakistan and Turkey’s brotherly relationsinto a dynamic economic partnership.
Jammu and Kashmir is held by India and Pakistan in parts and claimed byboth in full. A small sliver of Kashmir is also held by China.
Since they were partitioned in 1947, the two countries have fought threewars – in 1948, 1965 and 1971 – including two over Kashmir.
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Some Kashmiri groups in Jammu and Kashmir have been fighting against Indianrule for independence or unification with neighboring Pakistan.
According to several human rights organizations, thousands of people havereportedly been killed in the conflict in the region since 1989. – AnadoluAgency
*Ahmad Adil from India contributed to the story.
*Writing by Burak Dag
