New Delhi, Oct 19: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday rejected the anti-India references at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Baghdad over the weekend, terming them as “malicious, biased, false” while spotlighting that the organisation has once again allowed itself to be misused by Pakistan for its “bigoted agenda”.
“We categorically reject the anti-India references in the resolutions of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Baghdad on October 17-18, 2026. The references to India are malicious, biased, and false, and have been orchestrated by Pakistan. We are disappointed that the OIC has once again allowed itself to be misused by Pakistan for its bigoted agenda.”
The MEA reiterated that the OIC has no locus standi to comment about matters that are strictly internal to India and said that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India. “As we have said in the past, the OIC has no locus standi whatsoever to comment on matters that are strictly internal to India. The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India. Politically motivated propaganda can never alter this reality. Over the past years since the abrogation of Art 370, Jammu and Kashmir has seen significant economic growth and benefits accruing directly to its people through infrastructure development, tourism and connectivity,” the MEA statement mentioned.
It added that Pakistan has unleashed violence, repression and brutality on civilian protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and that no amount of media blackout has been able to hide the “grave violations” of human rights. “This is in stark contrast to the situation in PoJK, where Pakistan has unleashed violence, repression and brutality on civilian protesters, killing scores of them, including women and children.
No amount of media blackout has been able to hide these grave violations of human rights. The only issues related to Jammu and Kashmir that remain to be addressed are Pakistan vacating from areas under its illegal and forcible occupation and ceasing its continued support to cross-border terrorism,” the MEA said.
“Other fabricated and hostile references against India in the OIC resolutions, including insinuations related to Islamophobia, are nothing but a desperate attempt by Pakistan to divert international attention from its own appalling record of minority persecution and sectarian violence, apart from governance failure and political instability,” it added.
The MEA said that the OIC’s repeated endorsement of “patently malicious propaganda and narratives” peddled by Pakistan raises serious questions about its credibility and integrity and expressed hope that its members would rather do better in reforming the organisation.
IANS