India: India criticises OIC invite to Hurriyat leader for meeting in Islamabad

NEW DELHI, 19 March 2022, (TON): India criticised the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s decision to invite Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq to a meeting being held in Pakistan next week, allegedly saying “it was tantamount to encouraging individuals and entities engaged in terrorism.”

The OIC’s council of foreign ministers is scheduled to meet in Islamabad during March 22-23.

The session will discuss several political issues, including developments in Afghanistan and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which will be taken up by the OIC’s contact group on Kashmir.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told media “we have seen in India media reports regarding an invitation extended by the OIC secretary-general to the chairman of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference to attend the 48th session of the OIC council of foreign ministers in Islamabad on March 22-23.”

He said that Indian government takes a very serious view of such actions which are aimed directly at subverting India’s unity.

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