OIC statement on Kashmir hurting interests
of 150 million Indian Muslims
By Sultan
Shahin
India has done well to
reject the comments on Jammu and Kashmir in the final document of the recent OIC
summit at Dakar, Senegal, saying the forum has no locus standi in matters
concerning its internal affairs. The Secretary General of the 57-member
organisation, Ekmeleddin Ibsanoglu, described Kashmir as a pressing and burning
political dispute. Noting with “regret” the reference to Kashmir in the document
that followed the summit on March 13 and 14, a Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA) spokesperson said, “The OIC has no locus standi in matters concerning our
internal affairs, including Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of
India. We strongly reject all such comments. It is customary for the OIC to make
such references to the State.”
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