Ask Pakistan to end support to terrorism: India sternly tells Islamabad’s friend Turkey

New Delhi also asked Turkey to dissuade Pakistan from using terrorism as an instrument of state policy.

In its communication to Turkey, India said Pakistan should take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem that Islamabad and Rawalpindi have harboured for decades.

As ties between India and Turkey hit a rough patch with Ankara's tilt towards Pakistan following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, India made it clear that relations between the two countries are built on mutual respect and sensitivity of each other's concerns.

"We expect Turkey to strongly urge Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism and take credible and verifiable actions against the terror ecosystem it has harbored for decades. Relations are built on the basis of sensitivities to each other's concerns," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly press briefing on Thursday.

Turkey's involvement in Pakistan's escalations against India, which started with the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, came under focus during India's Operation Sindoor response.

Besides providing ideological and moral support to Islamabad, Turkey also supplied arms and weapons to the country.

Pakistan used about 300-400 drones during its military escalation against India, which were mostly provided by Turkey.

These drones targeted both military and civilian areas in India. The drones were used to carry out multiple intrusions and violations of Indian airspace along the entire western border - from Leh in Ladakh to Sir Creek in Gujarat - at 36 locations, the government had said in its Op Sindoor press briefing.

Turkey stood in solidarity with Pakistan when India eliminated more than 100 terrorists taking shelter in terror camps destroyed by Indian armed forces in its precision missile strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

At the same time, Turkey did not condemn the Pahalgam terror attack, which was carried out by Pakistan-linked terrorists associated with The Resistance Front - an offshoot of the UN-banned Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Turkey has, for a long time, backed Pakistan in its invasion and illegal occupation of Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir.

It also sent its warship to Karachi Port during Operation Sindoor, which it called a "routine port call".