Says OIC, China, non-partisan countries should use influence to resolve Russia-Ukraine crisis
\n ISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Imran Khan has emphatically stated that a strong voice of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the representative body of the 1.5 billion population is crucial to address lingering issues of Kashmir and Palestine.
\nIn his keynote address at the 48th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on Tuesday, the prime minister said the Muslim countries should not drag themselves into bloc politics and rather show their power for bringing peace in the world.
\nThe prime minister regretted that the Muslim Ummah has failed to make any impact for the resolution of Kashmir and Palestine disputes. He said, \u201cWe [OIC] have failed both the Palestinians and the people of Kashmir.\u201d
\n\u201cI am sad to say that we have been able to make no impact at all,\u201d he said, adding that Muslim countries are \u201ca divided house.\u201d He said the international community promised the Kashmiris to decide their future, regretting that the special status was also taken away illegally by India on 5th August 2019. .
\nThe prime minister made it clear that altering the demography of the population by turning the majority Kashmiri Muslims into minority is a war crime under the Geneva Convention.
\nRegarding Afghanistan, the prime minister said a stable Afghan government is the only way to stop international terrorism emanating from its soil. He termed the stability in Afghanistan as extremely important and called for lifting of international sanctions to avert the humanitarian crisis looming in Afghanistan. He also urged the international community to help the Afghan people in resolving the issues.
\nOn the Ukraine situation, the prime minister said the OIC, China and all the non-partisan countries should use their influence to resolve the crisis. Khan said that he will hold a discussion with the visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on how China and OIC can step in to mediate towards a ceasefire of the Ukraine war.
\n\u201cThis conflict will have great consequences for the world,\u201d he warned, adding that Pakistan is already suffering as oil, wheat and gas prices had shot up in Pakistan due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
\n\u201cWe, like everyone else in the world, are all worried about what\u2019s happening there [in Ukraine],\u201d Khan said. \u201cMay I suggest that the OIC, during its discussions, the foreign ministers, should think about how we represent 1.5 billion people, how we can mediate, how we can bring about a ceasefire, how can we bring about an end to the conflict.\u201d
\nThe prime minister especially congratulated the OIC members, over the landmark resolution passed at the United Nations for declaring March 15 as the Day to Combat Islamophobia. He stressed that Islam does not equate terrorism and rejects the notion of differentiating between a \u201cmoderate and terrorist Muslim\u201d.
\nHe pointed out that the 9\/11 incident led to demonising of Muslims across the world and also dismissed the criticism against Muslims on denying the right of freedom of expression to those who mocked or ridiculed Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).
\nThe prime minister mentioned that one of the ideals of the OIC is to protect Islamic values, and expressed concern over the culture of obscenity on social media. Khan sought consideration by the Islamic platform to suggest ways for combating vulgarity, impacting the social values and family system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Says OIC, China, non-partisan countries should use influence to resolve Russia-Ukraine crisis ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphatically stated that a strong voice of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the representative body of the 1.5 billion population is crucial to address lingering issues of Kashmir and Palestine. In his keynote address at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[83,1048,5229],"class_list":{"0":"post-250725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-kashmir","9":"tag-oic","10":"tag-palestine-issues"},"yoast_head":"\n