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India Rejects OIC Statement on Pahalgam Attack, Calls It Absurd
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|May 07, 2025
India on Tuesday rejected the statement from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the Pahalgam terror attack, saying the 'absurd' statement issued at the behest of Pakistan refuses to recognise the facts of the assault and its cross-border linkages.
"This is yet another attempt by Pakistan, a country that has long engaged in cross-border terrorism, to manipulate and misguide the OIC Group to issue a self-serving statement. We reject the OIC's interference on matters that are internal to India," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
This story is from the May 07, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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