JEDDAH, AUG 04 (DNA) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir including reports of deployment of additional paramilitary forces and use of banned cluster munition by the Indian forces to target civilians, OIC said in statement.

The General Secretariat is saddened to learn about the civilian casualties resulting from ceasefire violations carried out by Indian forces across the Line of Control and expresses solidarity with the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the statement added.

The OIC reiterates its call upon the international community to rise up to its responsibility for the peaceful resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, it concluded.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi asked OIC to take immediate notice of Indian brutalities and persecution in occupied Kashmir.

In a telephonic conversation with OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousuf Ahmed Al-Othaimeen on Sunday, the minister said use of brute force by India on unarmed Kashmiri people is extremely condemnable.

He said India has been violating international laws by unleashing violence and atrocities against Kashmiris.

Orders to Hindu Yatrees and tourists to leave Kashmir are also generating anxiety and fear, he added.=DNA

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