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NATION APRIL 01, 2022 | The Indian Eye 8

India angry as China and Pakistan

join hands on kashmir at oIC meeting

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lands in Kabul in an unannounced trip, a day after he
attended the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Islamabad

of our Islamic friends. And China
OuR BuREAu
shares the same hope,” he had said.
New Delhi/Islamabad The 48th Council of the Foreign
Ministers (CFMs) of the OIC con-
ndia on Thursday hit out at OIC’s cluded in Islamabad on Thursday.
references to Kashmir in state-
Earlier, Chinese Foreign Min-
Iments adopted at its meeting in ister Wang Yi landed in Kabul on
Islamabad, saying these “demon- Thursday in an unannounced trip, a
strate both the irrelevance of the day after he attended the Organiza-
Organization of Islamic Cooperation tion of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
as a body and role of Pakistan as its meeting in Islamabad.
manipulator”. In a strongly-worded Yi’s visit is the first by a senior
response to the OIC statement, Min- Chinese minister to Afghanistan
istry of External Affairs spokesman after Taliban seized power in Ka-
Arindam Bagchi said references have bul in August. The Chinese Foreign
been made to India and are based on Minister’s visit come after he com-
falsehoods and misrepresentation. pleted his three-day visit to Pakistan
He said the “absurdity” of OIC com- where he held discussions with the
menting on the treatment of minori- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in Delhi on Thursday (ANI Photo) country’s top leadership. He was re-
ties at the instance of “a serial viola- ceived by Afghanistan’s acting For-
tor of human rights like Pakistan”, is eign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
so evident. on arrival in Kabul.
Bagchi said countries associat-
The two sides are expected
ed with this exercise should realize to hold talks on issues focusing on
its impact on their reputation. “The China’s role in stability and devel-
statements and resolutions adopted opment, the state news agency re-
at the meeting demonstrate both the ported.
irrelevance of the Organization of Is- The Taliban has courted Chinese
lamic Cooperation as a body and the investment in recent months. Earlier
role of Pakistan as its manipulator,” this month, Afghanistan’s Ministry of
he said. Mines and Petroleum said talks were
“References have been made to
India that are based on falsehoods underway with Beijing over resuming
work in the massive copper mine.
and misrepresentation. The absur- This visit also comes at the heels
dity of this body commenting on the of Wang Yi’s expected to visit India
treatment of minorities, that too at to hold talks with his Indian coun-
the instance of a serial violator of terpart S Jaishankar. This will be
human rights like Pakistan, is so evi- the first high profile and a physical
dent. Nations and Governments that meeting between the leaders of both
associate themselves with such exer- An Afghanistani delegation with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad countries after the Galwan clash and
cises should realize the impact it has (ANI Photo/Dawn Newspaper) the beginning of the border stand-off
on their reputation,” he added. that started in May 2020.
Bagchi was responding to media
Ministry of External Affairs
The main aim of Wang’s visit is
queries on references to India in the spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India refrains from public judgement to restart physical engagement and
of their internal issues,” Bagchi said.
statements and resolutions adopted other countries including China have His response came in response also invite Prime Minister Narendra
at the OIC meeting in Pakistan. no locus standi to comment. “We to media queries on reference to Modi for a BRICS meeting to be
The government on Wednesday
rejected the “uncalled reference” to reject the uncalled reference to In- Jammu and Kashmir made by Chi- hosted by Beijing later this year. It
nese Foreign Minister in his speech
is pertinent to mention that the In-
dia by the Chinese Foreign Minister
Jammu and Kashmir by the Chinese Wang Yi during his speech at the at OIC meet in Pakistan. dia-China stand-off at the border is
Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his Opening Ceremony. Matters relat- Addressing the OIC meeting continuing as multiple rounds of mil-
speech at the opening ceremony of ed to the Union Territory of Jammu on Tuesday, Wang Yi had said Chi- itary and diplomatic discussions did
the Organization of Islamic Coop- & Kashmir are entirely the internal na stands ready to work with Islamic not reap results.
eration and said matters related to affairs of India. Other countries in- countries to promote multipolarity India has called for complete
the union territory “are entirely the cluding China have no locus standi in the world. “On Kashmir, we have disengagement in eastern Ladakh at
internal affairs of India”.
to comment. They should note that heard again today the calls of many all friction points.

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