Intervention

India Cuts Defence Exports to Turkey Over Pakistan Nexus

Sources told ET that export authorisations for sensitive equipment to Turkey are being withheld and are unlikely to be processed soon because of repeated statements by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Kashmir and Ankara’s growing arms exports to Islamabad. The share of military equipment in Turkey-bound defence exports is minimum, but dual-use items like detonating cord, safety fuses and explosives used in construction and mining claim a larger part of the trade pie.

Planning to Visit Turkey? Indian Embassy has Issued a Security Advisory

“Government of India has been receiving queries from Indian nationals on travelling to Turkey in view of the situation in the region. Although there have been no reports of untoward incidents in the country so far involving Indian nationals, travellers are requested to exercise utmost caution while travelling to Turkey,” the Indian Embassy in Ankara tweeted.