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India has urged turkey not to interfere in the internal affairs of the country as a response to the comments that had been passed by Tayyip Erdogan’s who is the President Turkey regarding the Kashmir issue.

Raveesh Kumar who is the spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry has said that all the references that have been made by the President of Turkey regarding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be rejected by India. The spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry has stated that the region is an integral and inalienable part of the country India.

Raveesh Kumar has also asked the Turkish leadership to develop a proper understanding regarding the facts which includes the threat that is posed by the terrorism which has been emanating from the Pakistan to India and the region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA): We call upon the Turkish leadership to not interfere in India's internal affairs and develop proper understanding of the facts, including the grave threat posed by terrorism emanating from Pakistan to India and the region. https://t.co/6J8i5v7Pyi

— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2020

The President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan has made a visit to Islamabad where he had compared the situation in Kashmir with the Gallipoli campaign of the World War II and has also extended the support to Pakistan. Tayyip Erdogan has termed the actions made by India in recent times as being unilateral.

Excluding Pakistan, the other countries who have been vocal critics to the decision that has been taken by India regarding the Kashmir issue which was to end the special status of Kashmir in the previous year include Turkey and Malaysia. This has in turned led India to place the region in a lockdown which has continued for more than six months.

The government of India has decided to end the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir last year and it has also made the decision regarding the trifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and it has divided the state into two union territories with Jammu and Kashmir being as one union territory and the union territory being Ladakh.

By Shrithika Kushangi