ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday rejected India’s statement on theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Resolution on the Jammu andKashmir dispute, a statement from the Foreign Office said.

A day earlier, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) “strongly”rejected OIC’s criticism of its Kashmir policy, according to The Hindu.

“We strongly and categorically reject the factually incorrect, gratuitousand unwarranted references to India in resolutions adopted by theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the 47th CFM Session inNiamey, Republic of Niger, held on 27-28 November 2020,” said thepublication, citing Indian MEA.

The unanimously adopted resolution — at the 47th Session of OIC Council ofForeign Ministers (CFM), held in Niamey, Niger, on November 28 — is thecollective voice of the Muslim Ummah, said the FO.

The statement from the Foreign Office highlighted that the OIC is thesecond-largest international organisation after the United Nations with 57members and five observer states.

“Jammu and Kashmir is one of the oldest internationally recognised disputeson the agenda of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),” the statementsaid.

It said that the matter remains unresolved because of India’s intransigenceand unwillingness to implement relevant UNSC resolutions and its solemncommitments made to Pakistan, the Kashmiris, and the internationalcommunity.

“The latest OIC resolution is another forceful repudiation of India’scompletely flimsy and legally untenable contention that Jammu and Kashmiris its ‘internal’ matter,” the statement said.