The Contact Group of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has asked India to reverse its decision of scrapping the semi-autonomous status of Jammu Kashmir.
The statement by OIC was delivered in its meeting on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly.
India has asked the OIC to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on the internal affairs of the country.
“The OIC has no locus stand in matters relating to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. It is reiterated that the OIC General Secretariat should refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on internal affairs of India,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in August.
A Joint Communique was issued after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, which met under the Chairmanship of the Secretary-General of the OIC, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO).
It said that the group demanded India to “reverse all illegal and unilateral measures taken on or after August 5, 2019, stop the gross, systematic and widespread human rights abuses” in Jammu and Kashmir.
It said that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with UNSC resolutions.