India rejects OIC Contact Group comments on Kashmir
India’s Ministry of External Affairs has rejected remarks by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Contact Group on Kashmir, calling them politically motivated. The ministry reaffirmed that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India, according to The Hindu.
India has rejected remarks made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Contact Group on Kashmir, The Hindu reports. The Ministry of External Affairs described the comments as politically motivated propaganda. It said that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India.
The ministry added that repetition of the remarks would not change India’s position on the territories. The statement therefore presents New Delhi’s response as a categorical rejection of the group’s comments and of any challenge to India’s claim. The supplied material does not set out the Contact Group’s specific remarks, identify when they were made or provide the group’s response to India’s statement.
It also contains no details about any diplomatic steps, negotiations or other actions following the exchange. The available information is limited to the Indian foreign ministry’s position: that the two territories are part of India and that the OIC group’s comments cannot alter that status, in New Delhi’s view.
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