ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday stressed the need for a dialogue between arch rivals Pakistan and India to resolve all their outstanding issues including the Kashmir dispute.
This demand was made during a meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir held on the sidelines of 13th OIC summit in Istanbul. According to the Foreign Office, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz led the Pakistan delegation at the meeting, which was chaired by OIC Secretary General’s Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir Ambassador Abdullah Al-Alim.
Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey and senior representatives of Saudi Arabia and Niger attended the meeting, said the Foreign Office statement. Turkish foreign minister specially attended the contact group meeting despite his engagement with the Council of Foreign Ministers as the chair.
The contact group reiterated OIC’s continued support to the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) in their “just struggle for realisation of their right to self-determination in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions”.
Opening the meeting, Al-Alim reiterated the principled position of the OIC of continued support to the Kashmiri people in their legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination.
“The contact group has been constantly conveying the OIC’s concerns to the international community regarding the flagrant human rights violations and abuse of the basic rights of the Kashmiris,” he said..http://tribune.com.pk/story/1084267/outstanding-irritants-oic-urges-pakistan-india-to-sort-out-issues/
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