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India briefs OIC members against Pakistan

November 18, 2016

NEW DELHI: India has, at a high level, briefed its interlocutors in several countries, including in the member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), about Pakistan’s alleged role in aiding and abetting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday as reported by the foreign media. 

Replying to a written question on whether the Pakistan government has sent 22 special envoys to world capitals to talk about the Kashmir issue, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar said according to Pakistan media sources, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif designated 22 ‘special envoys’ to apprise the world about the  “human rights abuses  committed by Indian forces in Jammu & Kashmir”.

These special envoys visited Belgium, China, France, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the UN (New York and Geneva), he said.  “The government at a high level briefed our interlocutors in the concerned countries, including in the member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), about Pakistan’s role in aiding and abetting terrorism in J&K and stressed that Pakistan’s policy of glorying anti-India terrorists and supporting cross-border terrorism had negatively affected peace and stability in the entire region.