In the midst of J & K government outreach, the Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ausaf Sayeed met with Oki Secretary General, Yusef Al-Othimeen, earlier this week.
In a “manners” meeting, the Secretary General was said to have asked about the possibility of a meeting between Pakistan and India, which stated that the General Secretariat in Jeddah stood ready to help “if the two parties would request”.
The rare meeting was significant because OIC has repeatedly criticized India’s decision to regulate the state of J & K and India, in response, has stated that the Islamic body does not have a local position in things that are truly internal to India, including the Union region Jamu and Kashmir area.
India also accused OIC of allowing him to be used for propaganda by Pakistan.
The Indian Ambassador said again reminded the Secretary General of the OKS in a meeting that Jammu and Kashmir were an integral part and could not be revoked from India.
India’s official reaction is expected later.
OIC said in a statement that the Secretary General welcomed Sayeed and reviewed with him a number of problems “about the Muslim situation in India, along with the disputes of Jammu and Kashmir, and the relevant UN and OIC resolution that opposed each unilateral action on the problem”.
He also seems to convey to the Indian Ambassador “desire” the Secretariat General of OIC to send delegates to “disputed regions” in accordance with the relevant resolution of the Foreign Minister’s Ofik Council.
Pakistan quickly claims Wednesday that OIC has underlined the organizational principle position on the clockwear dispute and Kashmir and expressed appreciation for “consistent and long support” on this issue.
Islamabad also claimed that this was the first time the principled position of 57 OIC member countries had been submitted to India.
However, while OIC has repeatedly called India to cancel his actions in Jammu and Kashmir, India continues to remind the organization that Jammu and Kashmir are an integral part of India and must refrain from the situation there.
The government last year was described as regrettable that OIC continues to be used “by certain countries”, which has a vile record of religious, radicalism and persecution of minority, to indulge in anti-Indian propaganda.