The OIC Contact Group on Kashmir has reaffirmed its support for the Kashmiri people’s “legitimate” struggle for their right to self-determination and firmly rejected Indian leaders’ unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.  

A joint communiqué after the meeting in New York, also underscored that the Indian parliamentary polls or legislative assembly elections in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir cannot serve as a substitute for granting the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people.

It emphasized that durable peace and stability in South Asia remain contingent upon the final settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.