The MEA on Tuesday dismissed the OIC’s statement on the Pahalgam terror attack as “absurd,” accusing Pakistan of misguiding and manipulating OIC member states into issuing a statement that serves its own agendaread moreA day after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York claimed that India’s “unfounded allegations against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” were fueling tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday rejected the statement as “absurd” and accused Pakistan of manipulating and misguiding the OIC member states.The MEA said the OIC statement, which appears to question India’s narrative on April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, has been issued at the behest of Pakistan.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADMore from India
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