Muzaffarabad, December 11, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, has said that Kashmir is on the top priority of the OIC’s agenda and he will submit a comprehensive assessment report on the human rights situation in Kashmir to member countries. Hissein Brahim Tahamade stated this during a joint press conference with Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry here in Muzaffarabad, today, at the Presidency after meeting with the AJK President and Prime Minister and a brief visit to the Line of Control (LOC) and refugee camps.

He said that he was visiting AJK under the resolutions passed by the OIC Contact Group on Kashmir to assess the situation and will submit a comprehensive report to the group and Foreign Ministers’ Council of the member countries and would like to seek permission from India to visit the other side of the LoC. He said that the second purpose of his visit was to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir who had been suffering for long time and assured them that OIC, being a Muslim community, was making constant efforts to find a solution to their issue in consultation with the world community.

He said during his day-long visit to AJK, he met with people affected by Indian firing across LoC and refugees migrated from the Indian side of Kashmir due to atrocities to assess their problems and sufferings as to make part of his assessment report.

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