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OIC appoints Kashmir envoy as India fidgets 

NEW YORK: The Organisation of Islamic Countries, an influential group of 57 predominantly Muslim countries, which promotes Muslim solidarity in political, social and economic matters, has appointed a Special Envoy on Kashmir, Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, a Saudi Arabian official, who is expected to endorse Pakistan's viewpoint on Kashmir in international forums.

The envoy may not even be allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir if any such request is made, media reports said.

India cannot prevent the Kashmir issue from being brought into focus at the OIC. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of Kashmir's s separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC), has termed the appointment of the special envoy on Kashmir as a "significant development."

Mirwaiz addressed the OIC and also met Pakistan Prime Minister Asif Zardari and Foreign Minister Qureshi separately.

7 October 2009
 

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