Sunday, May 20, 2007

India objects to Kashmir reference in Islamabad declaration of ICFM

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=30595

New Delhi, May 17 : India has objected to the reference of Kashmir in the Islamabad Declaration of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) that was adopted on Thursday.

"We note with regret that the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) has once again chosen to comment upon Jammu and Kashmir in the Islamabad Declaration adopted by the ICFM," official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said here today.

"Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the OIC has no locus standi in matters concerning India's internal affairs. We reject all such references or resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir," the spokesperson added.

The annual meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) today ended in Islamabad calling for greater social and economic development of its 57 member countries, and tackling the growing 'Islamaphobia' in the world.

The declaration stated that the conference was committed to defend the Muslim world's major causes, in a range of world conflicts, from the Middle East to Somalia to Afghanistan to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Contact Group of Organisation of Islamic Conference - on Kashmir, which met under the auspices of the ICFM on Wednesday, expressed its full support for the right to self-determination of Kashmiri people.

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