Speeches / Statements

Statement on OIC Foreign Ministers meeting

29/05/2009

We note with regret that the OIC has chosen to comment on India’s internal affairs during the 36th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held in Syria on 23rd – 25th May 2009. The OIC has no locus standi on India’s internal affairs.

We also note with dismay that in the Resolution adopted, the terrorist attack on Mumbai in November, 2008, has been referred to as a mere “incident”.

It is most unfortunate that the spectre of terrorism confronting the international community, of which the attack on Mumbai by elements from Pakistan was an extreme manifestation, is not being unambiguously addressed by the OIC. We strongly reject such resolutions.

New Delhi
May 29, 2009