The OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved without a set🤪tlement of the ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚKashmir issue.
The group met on the sidelines of the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the 𒁏Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad and was chaired ไby the OIC Secretary General Hissien Brahim Taha.
India has previously hit out at the 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nati♕ons,⛎ saying bodies like OIC should not make irresponsible statements.
In its joint communiqué, the OI🎃C Contact Group stressed that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be🎶 achieved without a just settlement of the core Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN resolutions.
The group members reꦫiterated their demand that India must reverse unilateral measures taken on or after 5 August 2019.
Pakist🐈an has been unsuccessfully trying to drum up international support against India for withdrawing Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5, 2019 and bifurcating it into two Union territories.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 was its internal matter. It also advised Pakiꦦstan to accept the reality and stop all anti-India propaganda.
In the Annex to the Joint Communique, t🍬he group asked OIC member states to raise the Kashmir issue in their bil🌃ateral engagements with India.
The Secretary General and General Secretariat were asked to raise the Kashmir issue and peace and security, human rights and humanitarian dimensions 🌠in engagements with various interlocutors, including international, regional and human rights organisations and bodies.
The Jeddah-headquartered bloc, which is the second-largest intergovernmental body after the UN, has usually bee✃n supportive of Pakistan and often sided with Islamabad🅰 on the Kashmir issue.
