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PR. No.183/2008
Date: 18/06/2008
OIC CONTACT GROUP ON JAMMU AND KASHMIR
35 TH CFM, KAMPALA , UGANDA
JUNE 18, 2008
The OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir met on the sidelines of the 35 th CFM held in Kampala , Uganda on June 18, 2008. The meeting was co-chaired by OIC Secretary General, Mr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The meeting was attended by Ali Babacan, the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Dr. Nizar Obeid Madani, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Sam Kutesa, Foreign Minister of Uganda and Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou, Foreign Minister of Niger. The delegation of the True Representatives of Kashmiri people was led by Agha Syed Hassan Al Moosvi Al-Safvi, representative of Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) and comprised of Kashmiri representatives from both Azad Kashmir and Indian occupied Kashmir .
The OIC Secretary General reaffirmed OIC's commitment to the Kashmiri struggle and stressed the need to achieve a just and peaceful resolution of the long standing issue. The Foreign Minister of Turkey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia and Foreign Minister of Niger also expressed their support for Kashmiris' right to self-determination.
In his address to the Contact Group, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan informed the meeting about the latest efforts of the Government of Pakistan for a meaningful, constructive and result-oriented dialogue with India for the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He emphasized that a final settlement of the Kashmir dispute must be acceptable to all parties - Pakistan , India and the Kashmiri people. He called for expeditious implementation of the recommendations of the report of the OIC Secretary General's Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir .
Agha Syed Hassan Al Moosvi Al-Safvi, representative of the Chairman APHC apprised the Meeting of the latest human rights situation in Indian occupied Kashmir and called for regular monitoring of the human rights situation in IoK by the OIC and immediate inquiry into the issue of mass graves discovered in IoK.
The True Representatives of the Kashmiri people presented a Memorandum to the Contact Group which contained proposals for both the OIC member states as well as the OIC Secretary General in order to peacefully resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Islamabad
18 June 2008 |