Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan mentioned Türkiye-Latvia relations together with his counterpart Krisjanis Karins and met with the EU’s prime international coverage chief on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. Basic Meeting in New York and attended a gathering of the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday.
No particulars have been revealed concerning the assembly between the Turkish and Latvian prime diplomats.
He held a gathering with Josep Borrell, Excessive Consultant of the European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage.
Fidan additionally attended the OIC Contact Group on European Muslims on the identical day.
Fidan earlier held periods together with his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Greece, the Netherlands, Egypt, Switzerland and Germany.
In the meantime, Türkiye’s Deputy Overseas Minister Ambassador Ahmet Yıldız participated in a gathering of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on the sidelines of the Basic Meeting, the Turkish Overseas Ministry stated in an announcement.
Through the assembly, Yıldız stated {that a} “honest and everlasting resolution” to the Kashmir drawback can solely be attained by way of dialogue and collaboration between Pakistan and India.
Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan area, is held by India and Pakistan in elements and claimed by each in full. A small sliver of Kashmir can also be held by China.
Since they have been partitioned in 1947, the 2 South Asian nations have fought three wars -in 1948, 1965 and 1971. Two of them have been over Kashmir.
Within the Siachen Glacier area in northern Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani troops have fought intermittently since 1984. A cease-fire got here into impact in 2003.
Some Kashmiri teams in Jammu and Kashmir have been combating in opposition to Indian rule for independence or unification with neighboring Pakistan.
Hundreds of individuals have been killed within the battle within the area since 1989, based on human rights teams.