Here on a two-day visit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday raked up Kashmir issue twice, expressing concern over the violence saying events there continue to “hurt our conscience”.
Erdogan, whose country shares a warm and traditional relationship with Pakistan, also offered Turkey’s cooperation in resolving the issue while he felt the resolution of the dispute lies in dialogue between India and Pakistan.
“The events in Kashmir continues to hurt our conscience,” he said in his address to a joint session of the Pakistan Parliament which was attended PM Nawaz Sharif, Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif.
“We are aware of the distress and suffering of our Kashmiri brothers and sisters. We are deeply concerned about the increase of tension,” he said.
He said the situation in Kashmir once again demonstrated the importance and the urgency of the solution of this issue.