Turkey must reconsider support to Pakistan: Owaisi

Owaisi

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday asked Turkey to reconsider its support for Pakistan, highlighting India’s longstanding ties with Ankara and the presence of over 200 million Muslims in India—more than in Pakistan.

The Hyderabad MP reiterated that a multi-party delegation, including himself, will present India’s perspective globally as part of Operation Sindoor.

"Turkey must reconsider their stance of supporting Pakistan. We must remind Turkey that there is a bank in Turkey called Isbank, whose earlier depositors were people of India. Turkey has many historical connections with India...We must constantly remind Turkey that more than 200 million honourable Muslims live in India...There are more Muslims in India than in Pakistan. The way Pakistan has behaved so far, they have nothing to do with Islam at all...," Owaisi said.

Additionally, the AIMIM  chief the U.S. for announcing a ceasefire following India’s counter-terror strikes, saying, "I have said it before, I will say it again, our Prime Minister should have announced the ceasefire, not the US President. Do you know that Pakistan's trade with the US is worth only 10 billion, whereas for India it is over 150 billion. Is it a joke?"

"Can America guarantee that Pakistan will not carry out terror attacks on us anymore? Pakistan's military will always mess with India. How long will we tolerate this?... How can you trade with Pakistan? They are beggars... We are only expecting this much from the US, that they should designate the TRF (The Resistance Front) as a terrorist organisation...TRF is nothing but a Pakistan-sponsored group of LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba)," he added.