Erdogan asserted that the issue of Kashmir should be resolved through dialogue and cooperation between India and Pakistan.
Erdogan said that he managed to elicit a pledge from Russia for a supply of one million tonnes to Africa despite failing to convince him to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal.
President Erdogan hinted that Turkey may part ways with the EU and claimed that the bloc is making efforts to "sever ties" with the country.
"India is our greatest trade partner in South Asia and we have great potential to enjoy primarily in the field of economy and many others," said Erdogan.
Moscow pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July, claiming that many promises pertaining to the removal of obstacles for Russian exports have not been honoured.
Earlier in January this year, the leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, Rasmus Paludan, burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
Erdogan, 69, won a new five-year term in a runoff presidential race last week that could stretch his 20-year rule in the key NATO country that straddles Europe and Asia into a quarter-century.
Turkey President's oath ceremony: Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new five-year term in a runoff presidential race that could stretch his 20-year rule in the country.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election in a tense run-off after failing to secure more than 50% of the votes required for an outright victory on May 14.
With nearly 99% of ballot boxes opened, unofficial results from competing news agencies showed Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
With 99.4% of the domestic votes and 84% of the overseas votes counted, Erdogan had 49.4% of the votes, with his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, garnering 45%, Ahmet Yener, the head of the Supreme Electoral Board, told reporters.
Opinion surveys have given a slight lead to Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old leader of the centre-left, pro-secular Republican People’s Party, or CHP, and the joint candidate of a united opposition alliance.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics over the past two decades, has never appeared more vulnerable to an opposition challenge.
Turkey’s opposition has long said that the country’s elections are played out on an unequal playing field, claims often backed by international observers.
Erdogan said that their national intelligence organisation has been following the Daesh "so-called" leader, who has a code name Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, for a long time.
According to Pakistani media reports, PM Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto were scheduled to visit Ankara on February 8 in solidarity with the victims killed in the earthquake.
The move drew strong objections from Turkey, a key NATO member who declared the two nations should not be allowed to join because they have been too lax in taking action against Kurdish militants.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his government plans to complete its nationwide vaccination program against the coronavirus pandemic in May or June.
According to the US Geological Survey, the major earthquake hit 14 kilometres (nine miles) off the Greek town of Karlovasi on Samos.
India on Thursday hit out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the UK's junior foreign minister Nigel Adams for their "irresponsible" comments over violence in the national capital when it is going through a "sensitive time".
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