Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar discussed the Cyprus issue with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu only hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raked up Kashmir in his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Jaishankar met with Çavuşoğlu on the second day of his engagements on the sidelines of the high-level General Assembly session.
“Met Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu of Türkiye on sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Wide ranging conversation that covered the Ukraine conflict, food security, G20 processes, global order, NAM and Cyprus,” Jaishankar said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Met FM @MevlutCavusoglu of Türkiye on sidelines of #UNGA.
Wide ranging conversation that covered the Ukraine conflict, food security, G20 processes, global order, NAM and Cyprus. pic.twitter.com/AsEYO22tKn
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrSJaishankar) September 21, 2022
The long ongoing problem in Cyprus began in 1974 when Turkey invaded the northern part of the country. New Delhi has consistently been advocating a peaceful resolution of the issue in accordance with the UN resolutions.
Hours earlier, in his address to the General Debate at the UN, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raked up the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly session.
“India and Pakistan, after having established their sovereignty and independence 75 years ago, they still haven’t established peace and solidarity between one another. This is much unfortunate. We hope and pray that a fair and permanent peace and prosperity will be established in Kashmir,” Erdoğan said on Tuesday in his remarks at the General Debate.
In recent years, the Turkish leader has referred to the issue of Kashmir in his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session.
Last year in his address to the General Debate, Erdoğan had said: “We maintain our stance in favour of solving the ongoing problem in Kashmir for 74 years, through dialogue between the parties and within the framework of relevant United Nations resolutions.”
In 2020, Erdogan in his pre-recorded video statement to the General Debate had made a reference to Jammu and Kashmir. India at that time termed it as “completely unacceptable”, saying Turkey should learn to respect the sovereignty of other nations and reflect on its own policies more deeply.
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