The emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) contact group of the Islamic countries stated that the decision taken by the Government of India on Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August 2019 and implemented new domicile rules Gone is the violation of the UN Security Council resolution and international law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention. At the same time, India's commitment to accept the UN Security Council resolution is also violated.

At the same time, the meeting has welcomed two reports of the United Nations in which the human rights of the people have been systematically violated in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Both these reports came in June 2018 and July 2019.

The meeting expressed concern over the condition and situation of human rights in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir after August 5, 2019.

This contact group of OIC was formed in 1994 for Jammu and Kashmir.

The members of this contact group are Azerbaijan, Nezer, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

"The OIC is committed to finding a peaceful solution to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the Islamic Summit, the Council of Foreign Ministers and international law," said OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yusuf al-Othimein.

The meeting of the UN Security Council on August 16, 2019 and January 15, 2020, which was held in connection with India's action, has been welcomed.

The OIC has expressed its commitment to Jammu and Kashmir regarding its old position and preamble and reiterated its support for the Kashmiri Awam's legal fight for the right to self-determination.

The OIC has asked India for five

- Cancel unilateral and illegal actions and allow the Kashmiri people to voluntarily abide by their right to self-determination under referendum under the supervision of the United Nations.

- Human rights abuses should be stopped. The use of military should be banned under which military uses pellet-guns. Unleashed siege and inhuman lockdown of the army. Stringent emergency law be dissolved. The right to fundamental freedom should be restored and all those detained illegally should be released.

- To prevent any structural changes in the population of India-administered Jammu and Kashmir, as they are illegal and in violation of international law, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention.

- OIC, IPHRC and United Nations Fact Finding Mission, Special Envoy to Jammu and Kashmir of OIC Secretary General and international media to allow India-administered Jammu and Kashmir to investigate human rights violations without restraint.

In the OHCHR report, the demand for an independent international inquiry into human rights abuses in Kashmir should be agreed.

If India ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir last year, Pakistan was under pressure on the OIC to issue a strong statement against India.

However this did not happen at that time and the OIC remained almost neutral. Indeed, the OIC is considered an organization dominated by Saudi Arabia. It is considered impossible to do anything in the OIC without the support of Saudi Arabia.

India and Saudi have broad common interests and Saudi Arabia has been avoiding speaking out against India over Kashmir. There was no statement issued by Saudi Arabia on the removal of Article 370.

The United Arab Emirates had said that this is an internal issue of India. This stance of Saudi Arabia and the UAE was considered a setback for Pakistan and India's diplomatic success. But once again this kind of meeting in OIC, Pakistan will see it connected with its success. Earlier, such a meeting was held in September last year.

Pakistan had tried to mobilize with Turkey, Malaysia, Iran regarding OIC's neutrality on Kashmir. For this, Turkish President Ardoan, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahatir Mohammed and Pakistan's PM Imran Khan had planned to unite at the Kuala Lumpur Summit but Saudi Arabia took it as a challenge to the OIC and Pakistan Was stopped from joining this campaign.

Turkey and Malaysia were seen standing with Pakistan on Kashmir while the remaining Islamic countries remained neutral. In recent times, Maldives has also supported India in the OIC.

The OIC is meeting at a time when there is tension between India and China, the world's second largest economy. 20 soldiers of India have died on the outskirts. The dispute with Nepal is also going on at the border and tensions with Pakistan are already there. In such a situation, the meeting of OIC is considered very important.

Iran, Malaysia and Turkey have long complained that the OIC has failed to accommodate the needs and ambitions of Islamic countries. Iran, Turkey and Malaysia have been trying to create an organization that is free from Saudi domination.

Saudi Arabia is also in this contact group of OIC on Jammu and Kashmir. If the Saudi did not want the meeting, it could hardly have happened. It is said that without Saudi Arabia, not a single leaf is moved in the OIC.

There has been criticism within Pakistan that Saudi and UAE are Islamic countries, but they are with India on the Kashmir issue.

If a resolution is passed from this meeting, then only from Saudi can India expect to what extent it can balance the language of that proposal.

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