‘OIC Continues To Be Guided By Single Member’s Political Agenda’: India On Invite To Hurriyat Conference

MEA official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi does not expect the OIC to encourage actors and organisations engaged in terrorism and anti-India activities.

New Delhi: Expressing fury over the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) inviting the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to its meet in Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said India takes very serious view of such actions that are aimed at subverting the country’s unity and violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

MEA official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi does not expect the OIC to encourage actors and organisations engaged in terrorism and anti-India activities.

“We don't expect the OIC to encourage actors, organisations engaged in anti-India activities,” he said, PTI reported.

In an indirect reference to Pakistan, Bagchi said it is highly unfortunate that the OIC continues to be guided by a single member’s political agenda rather than focusing on important development activities.

“We have repeatedly called upon the OIC to refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit the platform for comments on India's internal affairs,” he told a media briefing.

The MEA official spokesperson was responding to a poser on reports about the OIC inviting the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to attend the meeting of the grouping's Council of Foreign Ministers in Pakistan capital Islamabad on March 22 and 23.