India, Feb. 21 -- India on Friday rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for the Kashmir issue to be addressed in line with a UN resolution, with the external affairs ministry saying a strong protest was lodged with the Turkish envoy over the unwarranted and unacceptable remarks.

The Indian side responded a week after Erdogan made the comments in Islamabad following his talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The remarks were seen in New Delhi as a move away from Erdogan's silence on the Kashmir issue for almost two years, a period during which the matter didn't figure in his public comments at forums such as the UN General Assembly and the D8 bloc.

"We reject such objectionable comments on matters which are i...