The OIC categorically rejected illegal and unilateral actions taken by India on August 5 last year to change the internationally recognized disputed status of the “Indian Illegally Occupied Jam­mu and Kashmir” and demanded India rescind its illegal steps, said Dawn quoting the Foreign Office. It asked India to cancel the issuance of domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris as well as other unilateral and illegal actions, including Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Order, 2020; Jammu & Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate Rules, 2020; Jammu and Kashmir Language, Bill 2020 and amendments to the landownership laws. The conference welcomed the visit of OIC Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir from March 2-6, 2020. The OIC recognized that Jammu and Kashmir is the core dispute between Pakistan and India, and its resolution indispensable for realisation of the dream of peace in South Asia. It affirmed that any political or electoral process held under foreign occupation cannot be a substitute to the exercise of the right to self-determination.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 29, 2020 18:33 UTC