“Kashmir is an integral part of India and there is no question of any third-party visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Abrogation of Article 370 is the first step towards integration. The OIC demand of dispatching a delegation to Kashmir is only an optics to please its members.” government sources told CNN-News18.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was warned by India on Friday and said that its “interference” in the country’s internal matters is “unnecessary”. It also warned OIC to not get used by “vested interests”, in a sharp attack on Pakistan.
This comes after OIC secretary-general Yousef Al-Othaimeen’s statement following his meeting with Indian ambassador Ausaf Sayeed in Jeddah on July 5. The OIC stated that the meeting “reviewed a number of issues concerning the situation of Muslims in India, along with the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, and relevant UN and OIC resolutions opposing any unilateral actions on the issue”.
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“Kashmir is an integral part of India and there is no question of any third-party visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Abrogation of Article 370 is the first step towards integration. The OIC demand of dispatching a delegation to Kashmir is only an optics to please its members.” government sources told CNN-News18.
Sources said the government has also rejected the OIC’s proposal to facilitate talks between India and Pakistan. “The Indian record of Human Rights are beat in the world with so many diversities. No third-party mediation is required for talks between India and Pakistan,” they added.
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“Our only demand from Pakistan is to stop terror training camps. And if at all we decide to talk with Pakistan, we will not talk about Kashmir,” news reports further stated.
In a meeting with the Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, OIC secretary-general Yousef Al-Othaimeen had asked about the possibility of a meeting between India and Pakistan, stating the grouping’s General Secretariat stands ready to act as a mediator “if the two parties would so request”, according to a statement by the OIC.
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