It is foolhardy on India’s part to expect any bonhomie from Turkey (“The long arc to Ankara”, May 5). India’s close ties with Russia along with its warmth towards the Cyprus President, and Vice President Hamid Ansari’s visit to Armenia are sure to discomfort Turkey. Religious ties are strong parameters in West Asia and matter more than strategic and economic concerns. The conditions attached by Turkey to support India’s membership of the NSG should point to how fragile Indo-Turkey ties are.
Shivam Dwivedi,
Lucknow