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India slams OIC official’s visit to PoK, calls him a mouthpiece of Pakistan

India on Tuesday “strongly condemned” the visit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying that the organisation has no locus standi whatsoever in matters related to J&K, which is an integral and inalienable part of India.

New Delhi also labeled OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha as a “mouthpiece of Pakistan”, hoping 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.

Taha and his delegation had travelled to Muzaffarabad city of PoK on Monday before holding a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad.

“We strongly condemn the visit of OIC Secretary General to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and his comments on J&K during his visit to Pakistan,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a statement today.

“Let me reiterate that OIC has no locus standi 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,” he added.

It is not for the first time that the Indian government has slammed OIC’s unwarranted and narrow-minded stance on PoK. Earlier this year, India had urged the OIC Secretariat to stop pursuing its communal approach and show due respect to all faiths and religions.

“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 mouthpiece 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,” said Bagchi on Tuesday.

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