India's Ministry of External Affairs has rejected references to India in resolutions passed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's foreign ministers at a meeting in Baghdad on 17 and 18 October, The Hindu reports. The ministry described them as biased and false and said Pakistan had used the group to push its own agenda.
It said the OIC had no standing to comment on India's internal affairs and that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an inseparable part of the country. The statement pointed to economic growth in Jammu and Kashmir since its special status was revoked in 2019, and accused Pakistan of violent repression in the part of Kashmir it controls. It dismissed claims of Islamophobia as an attempt to deflect attention and said the OIC's credibility was in question.
Source: The Hindu
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