A blow for India from the 48th session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has adopted a resolution endorsing Pakistan's call for a joint probe to accurately establish the facts surrounding 9th March incident of firing of a missile into Pakistan from India.
It was passed by the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad.
The OIC Foreign Ministers expressed serious concern on the incident which constituted multiple violations of international law, UN charter, civil aviation rules and safety protocols, and endangered human life and property besides posing a grave threat to regional and international peace, security and stability.
The resolution called on the UN Secretary General and other relevant international bodies to pursue the matter with India in line with their mandated duties to accurately establish the facts to prevent such occurrences in the future.
It exhorted the international community to take serious notice of the incident of grave nature in a nuclearized environment and play its role in upholding strategic stability in South Asia.
The OIC Foreign Ministers urged India to work constructively with Pakistan for enhancing regional security and stability through the settlement of outstanding disputes and positively responding to Pakistan's proposal for a strategic restraint regime, including measures for arms control, restraint and confidence building.
