OIC always sides with Islamabad’s stand on Kashmir: PoK Prez

By Hamza Ameer Islamabad, Dec 21 : Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir has suffered owing to reducing support from many countries around the globe and the Muslim world. In the recent past, reports about withdrawal of support by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan’s stand on the Kashmir issue against India created unrest and suspicion in Islamabad, with debates about its weakening position on Kashmir at the diplomatic level.
However, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) aka PoK Sardar Masood Khan rejected the impression, stating that Riyadh has always supported Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir through its platforms.
“Riyadh, from its platforms of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its Kashmir Contact Group always supports Islamabad’s stance”, he said.
“In a recent meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers Council in Naimey town of Niger, Saudi Arabia once again robustly explained its stand on the Kashmir issue and helped us in highlighting the decades-long dispute on the global level”, he added.
Sardar Masood Khan said Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan stated that “peace and security of South Asia is not possible without the settlement of the Kashmir conflict”.
While highlighting that Riyadh took a strong position on the Kashmir dispute, Sardar Masood Khan regretted that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) opted to remain silent on the matter.