Turkey announces to stand by Pakistan against Indian aggression

ISLAMABAD: Turkey on Wednesday categorically announced to stand by Pakistan and its people in the pace of Indian aggression, ARY News reported.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu expressed these sentiments during his telephonic conversation with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

Sharing details of his talk, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Turkish foreign minister also declared to oppose if the Indian external affairs minister was given an opportunity to speak at the upcoming Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Abu Dhabi.

The FM Qureshi said that the UN secretary general also telephoned him and while expressing concern over the current situation assured to play his role in whatever way and manner he could.

Two fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were shot down by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in bright day light on Wednesday, Director General Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor reported.

According to the DG ISPR, Indian fighter jets violated Line of Control (LoC) today, and in a robust response, the PAF destroyed two aircraft of IAF inside Pakistani airspace. Moreover, one Indian pilot has been arrested by Pakistani troops.

One IAF jet crashed inside Azad and Jammu Kashmir region while other in India occupied Kashmir, Ghafoor said in a tweet.