Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned India is Turkey’s biggest commerce companion in South Asia and expressed confidence of tapping the large potential of cooperation between the 2 international locations. “India is our biggest commerce companion in South Asia. And we can faucet the nice potential of cooperation, primarily within the area of economic system and plenty of different sectors, after the election that befell in Turkiye earlier this 12 months,” he mentioned.
Talking after the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Delhi on Sunday, he thanked India for its “gracious and really profitable time period of presidency” of G20 and the hospitality that he and all the Turkish delegation obtained throughout his keep.
“This 12 months, our theme was one world, one household and one future. And inside the first session of the summit, we had talked concerning the environmental challenges that our planet at the moment encounters.” Erdogan identified that local weather change, the lack of organic variety and intensive air pollution are the three challenges that the world will see extra profoundly sooner or later.
When requested about India’s inclusion within the everlasting seat for the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC), Erdogan proposed a rotational mechanism “the place probably every member, each a type of 195 international locations can probably turn into a member.” A rustic like India being there on the UN Safety Council, we’d be proud, he mentioned.
“However as you now, the world is larger than bigger than 5. And after we say the world is bigger than 5, what we imply is that it isn’t solely concerning the US, UK, France, China and Russia…What we are saying is all of them, we must always solely have everlasting members. And it ought to work on a rotational system, as a result of proper now, you could have all these members, 195 international locations, who’re all members of the UN. So we must always have a rotational mechanism the place probably every member, each a type of 195 international locations can probably turn into a member. That’s what we suggest,” he mentioned.
