Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Says He Won’t Apologise for ‘Contentious’ Kashmir Remarks despite Dip in Trade with India
A document picture of Mahathir bin Mohamad. (Reuters)
Mohamad admitted that his nation’s ties with India were strained because of his remarks on Kashmir, however stated instead of that the connection between the 2 nations was once excellent, beneath his management.
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Malaysia’s former top minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday stated whilst his “contentious” remarks at the Kashmir factor have resulted in strained ties with India, he would now not apologise for them.
“What transpired since my contentious speech on the UN Basic Meeting in September final yr best served to end up that what I had stated have been gentle and to a undeniable level, restrained,” Mohamad stated in a sequence of tweets. “I be offering no apology for what I had stated despite the fact that I’m sorry that it had affected our palm oil export to India. I don’t know if that could be a top worth to pay for talking out in opposition to such injustices.”
I be offering no apology for what I had stated despite the fact that I’m sorry that it had affected our palm oil export to India. I don’t know if that could be a top worth to pay for talking out in opposition to such injustices.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) August 8, 2020
Mohamad on Friday had admitted that his nation’s ties with India were strained because of his remarks on Kashmir, however stated instead of that the connection between the 2 nations was once excellent, beneath his management.
In September 2019, Mahathir raised the Kashmir factor whilst talking on the UN Basic Meeting, drawing sturdy response from the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), which stated India “totally rejects the references made in recognize of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and inalienable a part of India”.
“We as soon as once more name upon the Malaysian management to broaden higher working out of the information, together with that Pakistan which stays an epicentre of worldwide terrorism, continues to recruit, teach, arm and finance cross-border terrorism in opposition to India,” the MEA had then stated.
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