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Business Standard
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
'Relationship built on sensitivities': India warns Turkey over Pak ties
India on Thursday issued a strong message to Turkey, urging Ankara to press Islamabad to take credible and verifiable action against cross-border terrorism emanating from its territory. Speaking at the weekly media briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, 'We expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harboured for decades. Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each other's concerns.' The statement comes amid heightened tensions between India and Turkey following Ankara's support for Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. India reiterated that bilateral ties must be founded on mutual respect and sensitivity to each nation's core concerns. India's concerns with Turkey's support to Pakistan India also called on Turkey to dissuade Pakistan from using terrorism as an instrument of state policy, and to act against terror networks nurtured by Islamabad and Rawalpindi over several decades. As revealed during Operation Sindoor, India said Turkey had supplied 300 to 400 drones to Pakistan. These were allegedly used during recent escalations to target military and civilian sites across India's western border—from Leh in Ladakh to Sir Creek in Gujarat—spanning 36 locations, according to the government. Turkey continued to back Pakistan after India launched precision airstrikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), in response to the Pahalgam attack. Over 100 terrorists were reportedly eliminated in those operations. Ankara did not condemn the Pahalgam terror strike, which was linked to The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the UN-banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Kashmir, Karachi port calls, and rising friction India has also taken note of Turkey's repeated support for Pakistan's claims over Jammu and Kashmir, including statements at international forums echoing Islamabad's position.
India.com
09-05-2025
- Politics
- India.com
India Pakistan tensions: How Turkish drones are helping Pakistan attack India; Read full story
(File) India Pakistan tensions: In a recent military escalation along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan has reportedly used hundreds of drones that are imported from Turkey. It has been reported that Turkey had supplied Pakistan Pakistan with 300-400 drones that were used by Pakistan to target both military and civilian areas in India. 'The Indian armed forces brought down a number of these drones using kinetic and non-kinetic means,' the government said on the drones that are used to attack India. Reports also saying that initial forensic evidence of the drone debris suggests that these were 'Asis Guard Songar' drones of Turkey. However, the main issue which needs to be understood is the fact that why Turkey is helping Pakistan. Why Turkey is helping Pakistan! Turkey has consistently extended moral, economic, and military support to Pakistan, backing its communal narrative of the Two-Nation Theory as well as its stance on Kashmir promoted by Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Just hours after the Pahalgam terror attack—carried out by The Resistance Front, a proxy of the UN-banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, becoming the only global leader to do so. Following the meeting, Sharif thanked Turkey for its 'unwavering support' on the Kashmir issue. Pakistan used civilian airliner as shield, didn't close civil airspace says Centre The Centre, briefing the nation over Pakistan's repeated airspace aggression after the dismantling of terror infrastructure on its soil, said on Friday that the neighbouring nation was using civilian flights as 'cover' and it didn't even close the civilian airspace despite launching an attack on India. 'Pakistan's irresponsible behaviour has again come to the fore. It did not close its civil airspace despite launching a failed unprovoked drone and missile attack on 7 May at 8.30 hours in the evening,' Wing Commander Vyomika Singh told the press, during a special briefing on Operation Sindoor. (With inputs from agencies)
