Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the OIC has no standing to comment on matters India considers internal, rejecting the bloc’s latest remarks at a press briefing in New Delhi.
- The OIC General Secretariat earlier reiterated full solidarity with people in Jammu and Kashmir and invoked their right to self-determination.
- The OIC statement urged respect for fundamental rights in the region and called for a settlement consistent with relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
- India regularly dismisses external commentary on Kashmir as interference, framing the issue as a sovereign domestic matter.
- Separate commentary cited by Republic World accused the OIC of selective attention, referencing reported fatalities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir protests that lack broad independent corroboration in the articles.