{"id":72892,"date":"2025-05-03T19:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72892"},"modified":"2025-05-03T19:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T14:49:03","slug":"after-china-turkey-voice-support-for-pakistan-amid-escalating-tensions-with-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/after-china-turkey-voice-support-for-pakistan-amid-escalating-tensions-with-india\/","title":{"rendered":"After China, Turkey voice support for Pakistan amid escalating tensions with India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Following China\u2019s statement of support, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/pm-shehbaz-reaches-turkey-on-two-day-visit\/\">Turkey<\/a> has also come forward to support Pakistan in response to India\u2019s recent aggressive comments, reaffirming the historic brotherly ties between Ankara and Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, the Turkish ambassador stressed the importance of reducing regional tensions and maintaining peace and stability in South Asia. The envoy urged all parties to exercise restraint amid the escalating crisis triggered by New Delhi\u2019s provocative statements.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-ready-for-objective-probe-into-pahalgam-attack-says-pm-shehbaz-sharif\/\">Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> welcomed Turkey\u2019s support, calling it a reflection of the enduring and brotherly relations between the two countries. He reiterated that Pakistan is focused on its economic recovery and development and sees India\u2019s actions as deliberate attempts to divert global attention from Pakistan\u2019s efforts in the fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia has not yet responded to Pakistan\u2019s offer for a credible, transparent and impartial international investigation into the Pahalgam incident,\u201d the prime minister said. \u201cIf Turkey chooses to participate in such an inquiry, we would welcome its involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharif also stressed that despite India\u2019s provocations after the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/bcci-halts-streaming-of-psl-10-in-india-following-pahalgam-incident\/\">Pahalgam incident<\/a>, Pakistan\u2019s response has been measured and responsible. He added that we have consistently condemned all forms of terrorism and India\u2019s baseless attempts to link Pakistan to the incident are part of a broader agenda to defame us internationally.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Turkish ambassador reiterated his country\u2019s support for Pakistan\u2019s position, stressing that Turkey advocates diplomacy, restraint and peaceful resolution of crises in the interest of regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Chinese ambassador also met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and expressed Beijing\u2019s strong support for Pakistan\u2019s position, further isolating India diplomatically as tensions in the region escalate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Following China\u2019s statement of support, Turkey has also come forward to support Pakistan in response to India\u2019s recent aggressive comments, reaffirming the historic brotherly ties between Ankara and Islamabad. During a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, the Turkish ambassador stressed the importance of reducing regional tensions and maintaining peace and stability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":72893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[412,28120,367],"class_list":["post-72892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-turkey","tag-pahalgam-incident","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72894,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892\/revisions\/72894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}