OIC vows to continue supporting just causes of Palestine, Kashmir

OIC vows to continue supporting just causes of Palestine, Kashmir

ISLAMABAD )UNA-OIC) – Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in its Islamabad Declaration on Wednesday expressed determination to continue support to the just causes of Palestine and Kashmir.

Addressing a press conference along with OIC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the issue of Jammu and Kashmir was discussed and highlighted during the conference.

The situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir had dramatically changed and deteriorated further after India’s steps on August 5, 2019, he added.

“We agreed to go beyond passing a resolution and we put together an action plan. In that action plan, we agreed that different member states will meet regularly and coordinate their positions on the Kashmir dispute and monitor the ever-deteriorating situation of human rights in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Hopefully our representatives in New York, Geneva, and Jeddah will be coordinating and meeting more regularly to highlight the plight of the Kashmiri people.”

He further said after the last conference of foreign ministers, the OIC succeeded in getting the attention of the international community towards the situation in Afghanistan, and afterward, concessions were made, sanctions were relaxed and humanitarian assistance and different measures were announced to help the Afghan brothers and sisters.

The conference participants decided to appoint a special representative on the issue of Islamophobia.

OIC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha thanked the people and the Government of Pakistan for the excellent arrangements made for the meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers Council.

He also congratulated the people and the Government of Pakistan on the occasion of 82nd Pakistan Resolution Day.

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