Overview
- No Indian government representatives attended Türkiye’s National Day reception in New Delhi on October 29, with officials instructed to stay away.
- Delhi has cited Turkish-made drones used by Pakistan and President Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks as key irritants since the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.
- Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met S. Jaishankar to review the India–Cyprus Joint Action Plan 2025–29 covering areas such as defence, trade, innovation and technology.
- Kombos endorsed India’s zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and urged an early EU–India free trade agreement as Cyprus readies for the EU Council presidency in 2026.
- Jaishankar reaffirmed support for Cyprus’s sovereignty under UN resolutions, while Kombos publicly called Türkiye an occupier and Turkey’s ambassador sought a reset despite the snub.