The Organization of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, in New York last evening.

Chaired by Secretary General of the OIC, Iyad Ameen Madani, the meeting was attended by the Adviser to the Pak Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Azerbaijan. Senior representatives from Niger, Saudi Arabia and the True Representatives of Kashmiri people, including Masood Khan, President Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), also attended.

Expressing deep concern over the grave situation in Kashmir, the OIC Secretary General called for an immediate cessation of oppression and atrocities urging the government of India for peaceful settlement of the dispute, in accordance with wishes of Kashmiri people and the UNSC resolutions.

“Though the Indian forces could physically blind the Kashmiri people by their pellet guns, they cannot block their vision of the realization of their right to self-determination,” he reportedly said.

(Agencies)