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India terms OIC resolution on Kashmir 'completely unacceptable'
New Delhi, May 29
India on Friday rejected an
OIC resolution commenting on Jammu and Kashmir as "completely
unacceptable" and asked the association of 56 Islamic states to "refrain
from interfering in the internal affairs of India".
In a
strongly worded statement, the ministry of external affairs said: "We
have seen the OIC Resolution commenting on the Indian state of Jammu and
Kashmir. It is completely unacceptable. We dismiss it with the
contempt it deserves. We advise the OIC to refrain from interfering in
the internal affairs of India."
On Thursday, Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani made a
special reference on Jammu and Kashmir in his opening statement at the
42nd session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Kuwait,
stressing the need for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute and
said that final disposition of the issue should be evolved through a
sustainable dialogue in accordance with the aspirations of the people of
Jammu and Kashmir.
Later, the meeting of the OIC Contact Group
on Jammu and Kashmir was chaired by Special Envoy of the OIC Secretary
General on Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassador Abdur Rehman Abdullah Alim.
The
meeting was attended among others by Sartaj Aziz, adviser to the prime
minister of Pakistan on national security and foreign affairs; Elmar
Mamadyarov, foreign minister of Azerbaijan; Ambassador Muhammad Ahmed
Tayyab of Saudi Arabia, the ambassador of Turkey; and ambassador
Dr.Oumarou Amadou Sonrhai of Niger. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan,
president of Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmiri leader Ghulam
Muhammad Safi also attended the meeting, according to Kashmir Media
Service.