Bilawal lauds Turkey’s stance on Kashmir

Foreign minister, Turkish counterpart for strengthened fraternal cooperation

ISLAMABAD:

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday received a telephone call from Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu, who felicitated him on assuming office as Foreign Minister of Pakistan.

The Turkish Foreign Minister also congratulated Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Eidul Fitr.

They also discussed further strengthening of close fraternal cooperation between the two countries.

FM Bilawal thanked his counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu for Turkey's support for Pakistan's stance on the Kashmir issue.

They agreed to celebrate the completion of 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

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It is pertinent to note that last year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had called for a solution to the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan on the basis of the United Nations resolutions.

Addressing the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), he had said in a wide-ranging speech to the 193-member assembly: “We maintain our stance in favour of solving the ongoing problem in Kashmir for 74 years, through dialogue between the parties and within the framework of relevant United Nations resolutions.”

President Erdogan has consistently raised the Kashmir issue at the annual sessions of the UNGA.

At the 75th session last year, the Turkish leader said: "The Kashmir conflict, which is also key to the stability and peace in South Asia, is still a burning issue. Steps taken following the abolition of the special status of [occupied] Jammu and Kashmir further complicated the problem."