oic – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com Factual Version of a Story Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:46:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.millichronicle.com/2018/11/12122950/logo-m-01-150x150.png oic – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com 32 32 Pakistan army chief to visit Saudi Arabia in quest to smooth ties https://millichronicle.com/2020/08/pakistan-army-chief-to-visit-saudi-arabia-in-quest-to-smooth-ties.html Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:45:06 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=12830 Karachi (Reuters) – Pakistan’s army chief will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend, officials said, seeking to calm diplomatic strains over Kashmir.

The two countries are traditionally close and Saudi Arabia in 2018 gave Pakistan a $3 billion loan and $3.2 billion oil credit facility to help its balance of payments crisis.

But Riyadh is irked by criticism from Pakistan that Saudi Arabia has been lukewarm on the Kashmir territorial dispute, two senior military officials told Reuters, motivating General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s planned fence-building visit on Sunday.

“Yes he is travelling,” Pakistan army spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar told Reuters, though the official line was that the visit was pre-planned and “primarily military affairs oriented.”

India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both claim in full.

Pakistan has long pressed the Saudi-led Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to convene a high-level meeting to highlight alleged Indian violations in the part it controls.

]]> Saudi FM condemns Israel’s annexation plans, calls International Community to take strict stance https://millichronicle.com/2020/06/saudi-fm-condemns-israels-annexation-plans-calls-international-community-to-take-strict-stance.html Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:39:14 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=10869 Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday condemned Israel’s latest annexation plans to occupy parts of West Bank, and called on the international community to take strict stance against it.

Prince Faisal conducted an emergency meeting for the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to voice the objections against Israel’s plans to annex West Bank and the Jordan Valley.

The plan was outlined in a US peace plan which has been widely criticized and rejected by the Palestinians.

Reyad al-Maliki, the foreign minister of Palestine, said in the meeting that the Israeli settlements aim to change the demographics, and said that they will not back-off from the Arab Peace Initiative.

Yousef al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of OIC, said that Israel’s occupation plans violate international law and relevant UN resolutions. He also reiterated that OIC supports the Palestinian leadership and his decisions against illegal Israeli move.

“Any illegal change to the Palestinian lands threatens the two-state solution”, al-Othaimeen said.

OIC fully supports the Palestinian people’s right of establishing a sovereign state based on the 1967 borders with east-Jerusalem as its capital, and late King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud proposed Arab Peace Initiative to reconcile disputes between Palestine and Israel. However, the Israeli government under Ariel Sharon rejected the initiative as “non-starter”. On the other-side, Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas also rejected the initiative adding further fuel to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

]]> OIC calls Kashmir an Internationally recognized dispute, calls to lift the curfew and to restore communication https://millichronicle.com/2019/09/oic-calls-kashmir-an-internationally-recognized-dispute-calls-to-lift-the-curfew-and-to-restore-communication.html Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:58:25 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=4305 Jeddah — Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) released a statement on Saturday that Kashmir dispute has had an internationally recognized status, and while calling for immediate lifting of the curfew and restoration of the communication in the region.

The General Secretarait of OIC Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed al-Othaimeen reiterated the OIC’s position on the Kashmir dispute and expressed full support for the Kashmiri people, Arab News reported.

He reaffirmed Kashmir’s position on a UN-supervised plebiscite in the region.

In a statement on the Kashmir dispute and he stressed the need for resumption of dialogue between nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India.

He said that the dialog between India and Pakistan is a prerequisite for development, peace and stability in South Asia.

“The General Secretariat reaffirms the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on the internationally recognized status of Jammu and Kashmir dispute and its final disposition through a UN-supervised plebiscite,” it said and called for the “immediate lifting of the curfew, restoration of communication and the respect for the fundamental rights of Kashmiris,” the statement read.

Modi Government in India revoked Article-370 and Article-35A in Kashmir, with an immediate curfew and complete communication blackout. The move has incurred international repurcussions.

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