India plans to cut supplies from Turkey, Malaysia over Kashmir

NEW DELHI: India is planning to cut certain shipments from Turkey and expand the palm oil curbs oil, gas and other goods from Malaysia, attacking the two Muslim-majority countries for their condemnation of India’s occupied Kashmir policy.

India, the largest buyer of edible oils in the world has already temporarily stopped buying Malaysian palm oil by telling Indian importers to search elsewhere.

New Delhi is now preparing to ban the purchasing from Malaysia of petroleum aluminum ingots, liquefied natural gas, electronics and microprocessors parts.

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According to reports, the Indian government also plans to cut oil and steel shipments from Turkey, India has not favorably taken Malaysia’s and Turkey’s remarks over Kashmir, it added.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said previously that India, a Hindu majority, “invaded and occupied the territory” of Jammu and Kashmir, and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan said that Kashmiris are “practically blocked.”

Last year the Indian government revoked Kashmir’s autonomy to strengthen its hold on the territory, shutting down access to the internet and arrested activists and politicians. Last week, India’s Supreme Court ruled that ongoing internet suspension in Kashmir was unconstitutional.