OIC asks member states to raise Kashmir issue with India

OIC asks member states to raise Kashmir issue with India in their bilateral engagements.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir underlined the question of Kashmir of utmost importance for Muslim Ummah.

OIC asks member states to raise Kashmir issue

It also called upon its member states to raise the dispute in their bilateral engagements with India.

In this regard, the Foreign Ministers’ of OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir issued a communiqué after the Emergency Virtual Meeting on Monday.

The communiqué stressed that the OIC member countries must take up the issue with India with a view to “safeguarding the fundamental human rights of Kashmiri people in Occupied Kashmir.

As per the communiqué, the meeting asked the OIC Secretary General to highlight the worsening situation in occupied Kashmir at various international fora.

They also include the United Nations.

Meanwhile, OIC called for immediate steps for amelioration of the humanitarian situation and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

The meeting asked India to stop indiscriminate use of force, including the use of pellet guns, lift the unabated military siege and inhuman lockdown, repeal its draconian emergency laws, allow exercise of fundamental freedoms, and release illegal detainees.