EAM condemns OIC Secretariat statement on J&K

New Delhi: Ministry of External Affairs has condemned a statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir, saying that it reeks of bigotry. External Affairs Ministry's spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a statement said that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is and will remain an integral and inalienable part of India.

He said, as a result of long-awaited changes three years ago, it today



reaps the benefits of socio-economic growth and development. Mr Bagchi said that the OIC General Secretariat, however, continues to issue statements on Jammu and Kashmir at the behest of a serial violator of human rights and notorious promoter of cross-border, regional and international terrorism. He said, such statements only expose the OIC as an organization devoted to a communal agenda being pursued through terrorism.