India Rejects Erdoğan’s Kashmir Remarks at UN, Says External Parties Have No Standing

New Delhi has responded after the Turkish president called for dialogue under the UN Charter and other resolutions

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India on Tuesday rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s reference to India's Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly, saying the issue concerns the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and does not admit intervention by an external party.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India opposed the “unwarranted references” to the country and the Indian-administered Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made during Erdoğan’s address in New York.

“No external party has any locus standi on this issue,” Jaiswal said at a regular media briefing, using a legal expression meaning that an outside party has no standing in the matter. 

Erdoğan raised Kashmir during his September 22 address to the General Assembly, saying disputes in South Asia, including the Kashmir issue, should be addressed through dialogue within the framework of the UN Charter and relevant resolutions. 

India’s response restated its longstanding opposition to international mediation over Kashmir. New Delhi maintains that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and that outstanding issues with Pakistan must be addressed bilaterally.

The rejection came less than a week after India criticised references to Jammu and Kashmir in a communiqué issued by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s contact group on the region. The Foreign Ministry called those references unwarranted and factually incorrect and said the organisation had no standing to comment on matters internal to India. 

Erdoğan has previously raised Kashmir at the General Assembly and other international forums, prompting similar objections from New Delhi. India reiterated in September 2025 that it would not accept third-party mediation in matters between India and Pakistan.