India strongly opposed the statement of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Kashmir asking it to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on internal affairs of the country.
“We categorically reject yet another unacceptable reference to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir issued by the General Secretariat of OIC,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
He was responding to media queries on the OIC statement.
The MEA’s comments came after the OIC General Secretariat issued a statement on the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the rollback of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August 2019.
The OIC General Secretariat called for “revocation of all these steps”.
The OIC General Secretariat further reiterated its call on the global community to ramp up efforts to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir matter in accordance with the “relevant UN Security Council resolutions”.