OIC Contact Groups on Palestine, Kashmir hold meetings in New York

Jeddah (IINA) – The Contact Groups of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir, Sierra Leone and Azerbaijan held meetings at ministerial level on the sidelines of the Annual Coordination Meeting (ACM) of OIC Foreign Ministers in New York on Monday.
The separate meetings reviewed the prevailing developments on the respective issues and reaffirmed their full solidarity with Palestine, Jammu and Kashmir, Sierra Leone and Azerbaijan.
On Palestine, the meeting reiterated the OIC’s unwavering position on the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem and called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibility to ensure Israel’s halt to its violations, end its occupation of the Palestinian territories within well-defined timeframe and to maintain the vision of the two state solution.
Regarding Jammu and Kashmir, the ministers highlighted the systematic human rights violations of the Kashmiri people and the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in the Indian Occupied Kashmir and called on the OIC Humanitarian Affairs Department (ICHAD) and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to act as a matter of urgency to deliver the much needed relief to the affected population
On the aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, the Contact Group, which held its inaugural meeting, expressed the hope that Group will serve as a useful platform to implement OIC Resolutions as well as harmonizing individual and joint efforts of the member states in order to put an end the Armenian aggression and occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan. The meeting also agreed to formulate a roadmap to guide the activities of the Group towards the realization of its objectives.
The meeting expressed solidarity with Sierra Leone and urged OIC member states to continue to extend all forms of support and assistance to the country in its endeavors to achieve full recovery from Ebola epidemic.