Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again referred to the Kashmir issue during his address at the U.N. General Assembly, stressing the need for dialogue between India and Pakistan.
“The issue of Kashmir should be resolved on the basis of resolutions of the UN for the best for our brothers and sisters in Kashmir, through dialogue, we hope,” Erdogan said in his speech at the General Debate of the 80th UNGA session.
The Turkish President said his country was “pleased” with the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan after a period of conflict earlier this year, describing the development as a step toward regional stability.
“In South Asia, we consider the preservation of peace and stability to be of utmost importance. We are pleased with the ceasefire achieved following the tensions last April between Pakistan and India, the tension which had escalated into a conflict,” he said.
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Erdogan also underscored the importance of cooperation between the two neighbours in counter-terrorism efforts.
In recent years, Erdogan has repeatedly raised the Kashmir issue in his UNGA speeches, with last year being the only occasion in the past six years when he refrained from mentioning it.
Earlier this year, India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan.
The strikes were carried out in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people dead. The military operations triggered four days of intense clashes, which ended on May 10 with both sides agreeing to halt hostilities.
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