Turkey confirms support for India's membership in NSG

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NEW DELHI: Turkey on Friday confirmed its support for India's membership in NSG in what is a shot in the arm for the Modi government ahead of key meeting of the group in Vienna in November that would discuss Delhi's case.

"India's application for the membership of NSG also featured in the discussions between Indian and Turkish Foreign Ministers. Turkey confirmed support for this as it had earlier for India's membership of MTCR," official sources said.

From being an initial naysayer Turkey at Seoul plenary of NSG at Vienna in June had said while it will support Pakistan's entry into the group it will not block India's case.

Among other issues Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj also discussed internal developments in Turkey after the coup, activities of the Gulen group and security situation in West Asia besides growing economic partnership.

http://m.economictimes.com/news/pol...as-membership-in-nsg/articleshow/53776270.cms

 

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During their wide-ranging talks, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, reviewed entire gamut of bilateral relations.
BY: PTI | NEW DELHI |Published On:August 19, 2016 8:15 Pm

Sushma Swaraj and her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is in New Delhi on his first official visit, reviewed entire gamut of bilateral relations and exchanged views on important global and regional issues of mutual interest.

“There were discussions also on the terrorist attacks in Turkey and the internal developments in Turkey, including the recent coup attempt. In this context, the Turkish side briefed about the role of Fethullah Gulen-led organisation (FETO) in the attempted coup,” an official source said. Earlier this month, Turkey had asked India to act against the institutions affiliated to the network of Fethullah Gulen, to which India had said that it was “looking into” the request.

On the multilateral front, there were discussions on the need for reform in UN Security Council, sources said, adding India’s application for the membership of NSG also featured during the meeting. “Turkey confirmed support for this as it had earlier for India’s membership of MTCR,” the source added.

The two countries also finalised a “roadmap” for cooperation between the two countries in a wide variety of fields including regular exchanges between the two countries at the political and official level to discuss bilateral matters as well as important global and regional issues of mutual concern. On the economic front, priority was given on convening the next session of Joint Economic Commission (JEC), which has been a very useful bilateral mechanism to discuss ways for increasing the bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The annual bilateral trade last year was USD 6.3 billion.

Cooperation for building closer economic ties through Joint Committee Meetings, Joint Working Groups, closer cooperation between business and industry associations and participation in trade fair and road shows is envisaged, sources said. Other areas of bilateral interests were cooperation in the fields of culture, education, energy, tourism etc. The two ministers exchanged views on the regional developments, particularly in West Asia, where the security situation has become alarming from the perspective of both the countries, sources added.

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...cooperation-in-key-areas-of-security-2985693/

 

[Areesh]

Just like Switzerland and Mexico?? They also supported India too.

 

[somebozo]

Yes..last time several countries said yes..they dont want to be loathed in arguments with chai wala...a country not supporting you outright is one thing...a country promising to support and backing out is humiliating...

 

[IndoUS]

I don't even know why we are so hellbent for getting into NSG when we have most of the benefits already. We are already getting western tech. for reactors and already have suppliers like Australia, Canada, Russia etc for fuel.

 

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I don't even know why we are so hellbent for getting into NSG when we have most of the benefits already. We are already getting western tech. for reactors and already have suppliers like Australia, Canada, Russia etc for fuel.

It's a stepping stone for UNSC seat.