FM to attend OIC meeting today to discuss ‘illegal developments’ regarding IoK

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will represent Pakistan at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) the session to be held on Tuesday, which has been called to discuss the recent developments in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal announced on the official Twitter handle that the OIC meeting will be held in Jeddah today. "Meeting of the OIC contact group on Jammu and Kashmir is being held in Jeddah today, on the recent condemnable illegal developments regarding IoK," the spokesperson wrote.

Meeting of the @OIC_OCI contact group on Jammu & Kashmir is being held in Jeddah today, on the recent condemnable illegal developments regarding IoK. @SMQureshiPTI will lead the Pakistan delegation to the meeting. #KashmirBleeds

— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@DrMFaisal) August 6, 2019

On Monday, Indian government stripped IoK the special autonomy by revoking Article 370. Indian government also moved a bill to bifurcate the state into two union territories – Jammu Kashmir as one and Himalayan Ladakh region as the other.