OIC wants to send inspection team to J&K

Raking up the Kashmir issue at the opening of the OIC Summit in Putrajaya, Secretary General Abdelouahed Belkeziz on Thursday urged India to allow an OIC delegation to 'inspect conditions in the Indian-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir.'

Addressing the summit of 57-member grouping, attended also by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, Belkeziz, however, noted with satisfaction the marked improvement in Indo-Pak ties following resumption of diplomatic relations and easing of tensions between the two countries.

"We hope this would help reach a lasting solution to the Jammu and Kashmir conflict so as to enable Kashmiri people exercise their right to self determination and ward off the spectre of war between India and Pakistan which would
jeopardise the entire region of South Asia," he said.

Describing the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir as 'Jammu and Kashmir,' he applauded Islamabad for allowing an OIC delegation to visit there and hope that India would also permit an 'inspection of Indian-controlled part of Jammu and
Kashmir.'