'No locus standi': India rejects Turkey president's remarks on Kashmir at UNGA
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has formally rejected remarks made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan regarding the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly. India maintains that Kashmir is an internal matter and that no external party has the standing to intervene.
Why it matters
This underscores India's firm stance on territorial sovereignty and its refusal to accept third-party mediation in the long-standing Kashmir dispute.
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Tuesday slammed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for raising the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly and said that no external party has any locus standi on the issue of India's territorial integrity and sovereignty.During a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected Erdogan's remarks and said, “You would have seen that the remarks you referred to were made by the Turkey president.
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