India slams OIC for its unwarranted and factually incorrect references
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
for its 'unwarranted and factually incorrect' references at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers' Meeting and said these statements, driven by Pakistan which has turned terrorism into statecraft, reflect the continued misuse of the OIC platform for narrow political ends.
The External Affairs Ministry, while outright rejecting the 57-member OIC's references to India's internal matters, said the OIC's repeated failure to acknowledge the real and documented threat of terrorism emanating from Pakistan, most recently evidenced in the heinous Pahalgam attack, reflects a wilful disregard for facts and the global consensus on the fight against terrorism.
'The OIC has no locus standi to comment on India's internal affairs, including Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and sovereign part of India — a fact enshrined in the Indian Constitution and irreversibly settled,' the Ministry said in a statement.
It said the OIC should reflect deeply on the perils of allowing Pakistan's propaganda to hijack and politicise its agenda. Any other course can only undermine the OIC's credibility and relevance.
It said the comments made by Pakistan at the OIC meeting "are nothing more than a desperate attempt to deflect international attention from its own appalling record of state-sponsored terrorism, minority persecution and sectarian violence, apart from failure of governance".
India also outright rejects Pakistan's baseless allegation of "unprovoked and unjustified military aggression".
India's Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack was a precise and legitimate act of self-defence against terrorist camps operating from Pakistani territory. 'It is absurd for Pakistan to speak of targeting only Indian military installations when its retaliatory attempts not only failed but recklessly endangered civilian lives and property and ended up causing several deaths and injuries among the civilian population,' the MEA statement said.
It is also ironic that Pakistan, a country with an abysmal human rights record and a history of sheltering, breeding and empowering terrorists, should lecture others on counter-terrorism and human rights, the MEA statement said.
The OIC had in its Istanbul Declaration adopted during the two-day 51st session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, renewed solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
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