India rejects Turkey offer to host multilateral talks on Kashmir

India says terrorism is the key issue

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s suggestion that Kashmir be resolved through multilateral negotiations, was met with a polite rebuff from New Delhi which said the issue facing both Turkey and India was one of terrorism and that it was ready to talk to Pakistan on all bilateral issues, including Kashmir, thus, turning down Turkey’s offer of hosting mulatilateral negotiations. Ways to strengthen bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation, India’s claim to becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and a similar bid by Pakistan were among key issues that were understood to have been discussed  but India got few reassurances beyond