An announcement launched by India’s Ministry of External Affairs mentioned that South Korea’s Foreign Minister, Chung Eui-yong had additionally known as the exterior affairs minister, and regretted the offense precipitated to the folks and Government of India by the submit.
View PhotosSouth Korea’s Foreign Minister additionally spoke with S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs concerning the submit
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has summoned South Korea’s Ambassador to specific the Government of India’s “strong displeasure” concerning the social media submit despatched out by a Hyundai seller in Pakistan. On February 5, a Twitter account belonging to Hyundai Nishat Motor Pvt. Ltd, a seller principal with shops throughout Pakistan, had put out a submit on ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day,’ supporting the separatists in Kashmir. According to the official response of the MEA, the Republic of Korea’s Foreign Minister, Chung Eui-yong had additionally known as S. Jaishankar Minister of External Affairs, and amongst different issues, mentioned that they “regretted the offense caused to the people and Government of India by the social media post.”
Our response to media queries on social media submit by Hyundai Pakistan on the so known as Kashmir Solidarity Day: https://t.co/2QlubQwXJJ https://t.co/S5AkS3wT9a pic.twitter.com/QkkqwIdv64
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) February 8, 2022
The assertion shared by MEA’s official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned, “The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs yesterday on 7th February 2022. The strong displeasure of the Government on the unacceptable social media post by Hyundai Pakistan was conveyed to him. It was highlighted that this matter concerned India’s territorial integrity on which there could be no compromise.”
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The since deleted submit was shared on Hyundai Pakistan’s social media deal with, which belongs to a seller principal with shops throughout Pakistan
Following the incident Hyundai Motor India launched a press release on February 6, saying that it stands sturdy on its ethos of respecting nationalism, and expressing zero-tolerance in direction of such insensitive communication. However, a number of Twitterati expressed that the South Korean carmaker was not unequivocal in its assertion and requested for a extra simple apology. In truth, comparable views had been expressed by the Indian authorities. Piyush Goyal, Cabinet Minister for Textiles, Commerce and Industry has mentioned that the Government of India “has asked the company to be more forceful in unequivocal apology.”
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Hyundai Motor assertion:#hyundai #HyundaiIndia pic.twitter.com/Ir5JzjS2XP
— Hyundai India (@HyundaiIndia) February 8, 2022
Hyundai launched a second assertion earlier as we speak, on February 8, by which it mentioned, “As a business policy, Hyundai Motor Company does not comment on political and religious issues in any specific region. Therefore, it is clearly against Hyundai Motor’s policy that the independently-owned distributor in Pakistan made unauthorized Kashmir-related social media post from their own accounts.” It additional added, “We have taken measures to ensure the distributor, which misused Hyundai brand identity, has removed the social media posts and we have put in place processes to prevent a future recurrence.”
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The incident has led to a state of affairs the place the hashtag #boycotthyundai is trending and calls of canceling bookings of Hyundai automobiles have additionally been raised on social media.
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The assertion launched by the Ministry of External Affairs additionally mentioned that whereas India welcomes investments by international firms in varied sectors, the Government, additionally expects that such firms or their affinities will chorus from “false and misleading comments on matters of sovereignty and territorial integrity. ” As for Hyundai India, the incident has led to a state of affairs the place the hashtag #boycotthyundai is trending and calls of canceling car bookings have additionally been raised on social media.
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With inputs from NDTV
