New Delhi, Sep 23: India on Wednesday categorically rejected what it described as “unwarranted and factually incorrect” references to the country in the Joint Communiqué of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the OIC had “no locus standi” to comment on matters that are strictly internal to India.
“The entire Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable part of India, and no amount of repetition of politically motivated propaganda can change this reality,” the MEA said.
India also questioned the credibility of the OIC, saying that its repeated endorsement of what New Delhi called “motivated narratives” raised “serious questions” about the organisation.
The statement came after the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir held a ministerial meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
According to Pakistan’s official account, the Contact Group, comprising Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Niger, reaffirmed the OIC’s longstanding position on Jammu and Kashmir and called for measures concerning the human rights situation and political prisoners in J&K.
Responding to the communiqué, India accused the OIC of providing Pakistan a platform to raise what it termed “fabricated and motivated propaganda”.
“Instead of offering a platform to Pakistan to peddle its fabricated and motivated propaganda, OIC will be better advised to counsel Pakistan, which has a well-documented record of supporting and sponsoring terrorism, to look inwards and address the continuing threat of terrorism emanating from territories under its control,” the MEA said.
The OIC has repeatedly adopted communiqués on Jammu and Kashmir. Its 2025 Contact Group meeting also resulted in a joint communiqué reaffirming the organisation’s position on the dispute.
India has consistently rejected the OIC’s interventions on Jammu and Kashmir, maintaining that the issue falls within its internal jurisdiction.
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