India plans economic punishment against Turkey and Malaysia for supporting Pakistan on Occupied Kashmir conflict
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KUALA LUMPUR:Indian government plans economic punishment against Turkey and Malaysia for supporting Pakistan on Occupied Kashmir conflict.
India is planning to cut some imports from Turkey and widen curbs on palm oil from Malaysia to oil, gas and other products, government officials said, targeting the two Muslim-majority countries for their criticism of India’s policy towards occupied Kashmir, reported link *Reuters* news agency.
India, the world’s biggest buyer of edible oils, has already effectively stopped importing palm oil from Malaysia by asking Indian importers to look elsewhere.
New Delhi is now planning to restrict buying of petroleum, aluminium ingots, liquefied natural gas, computer parts and microprocessors from Malaysia, the two government officials, who did not wish to be identified, told *Reuters*.
The government is also planning to cut imports of oil and steel products from Turkey, one of the officials said.
“Our government has not taken kindly the comments of Malaysia and Turkey and we will restrict trade from both the countries,” one of the officials said.
The Indian Commerce Ministry did not reply to an email seeking comment.
