Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 13: India has strongly condemned the visit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and his comments on Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to Pakistan.
Hissein Brahim Taha said that he had undertaken a tour of the PoK to implement a resolution adopted by the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) at a recent session, as he wanted to see for himself the situation on the ground.
Ministry of Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “We strongly condemn the visit of OIC Secretary General to PoK and his comments on J&K during his visit to Pakistan. Let me reiterate that OIC has no locus standithe in matters related to J&K, which is an integral and inalienable part of India. Any attempt of interference and meddling in India’s internal affairs by OIC and its Secretary General is completely unacceptable.”
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— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) December 13, 2022
“OIC has already lost its credibility by taking a blatantly communal, partisan and factually incorrect approach to issues. Its Secretary General has unfortunately become a mouth-piece of Pakistan. We hope that he would refrain from becoming a partner in carrying out the nefarious agenda of Pakistan of promoting cross border terrorism into India, especially in J&K,” he further added.
Calling Hissein Brahim Taha the ‘mouthpiece of Pakistan’, the MEA spokesperson stated that the OIC has lost its credibility by taking a blatantly communal, partisan and factually incorrect approach to issues.
OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha visited PoK on December 10 along with a five-member delegation. He went there on the invitation of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
