Overview
- Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged a Kashmir settlement through dialogue based on UN resolutions and said he was pleased with the India–Pakistan ceasefire after the May escalation.
- India rejected the comments as interference, reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India with no foreign locus standi, and lodged a protest through its foreign ministry.
- The UNGA intervention comes months after India’s Operation Sindoor, launched following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, triggered four days of cross-border clashes before a May 10 ceasefire understanding.
- Indian media have circulated allegations that Türkiye aided Pakistan during the May exchanges with drones and personnel, claims that remain unverified and continue to fuel diplomatic friction.
- Erdogan also used his UN speech to denounce Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide and called on countries to recognize a Palestinian state.