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The ties between India and Armenia are crucial to balancing Turkish influence in the region, which is mutually beneficial to both nations. Turkey’s close ties with Azerbaijan have been a constant concern for Armenia. Meanwhile, Turkey under the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pan-Islamic ambitions, which include warm relations with Pakistan and advocacy of the Kashmir issue overlooking growing Islamic fundamentalism in the region and Pakistan’s use of terror as an instrument to further its interests, particularly against India, and India's integral part—Kashmir.......
Turkey's closeness with post-Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh has also been growing, and the nexus between Ankara and Islamabad now also includes Dhaka. Recently, in the second week of January, a Turkish delegation led by the country’s trade minister, Omer Bolat, met Bangladesh’s chief advisor, Muhammad Yunus, and discussed various issues of importance for both countries, such as defence, trade, and technology sharing.
India cannot keep up with Turkish technology and weapons which is home-grown and India's defense sector is mostly import-dependent.
The Turks are at least ten years ahead of India in terms of defense tech and are a part of NATO to boot with access to any Western defense tech they want.
Turkey was a PARTNER in the F-35 program and has developed the KAAN 5th generation fighter on its own. India's 5th Gen fighter is still on paper.
If Indians want to play with the Turks (I can't fathom why), the Turks will make Indian life extra difficult.
India has no business playing in Turkish backyard. This Modi has lost his mind. The Chutzpah....
@LegionnairE your thoughts.
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