ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) special envoy for Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassador Yousef Aldobeay, on Wednesday visited Chirikot Sector on the de facto border known as the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan.
The envoy arrived in Pakistan on Sunday on a visit that will conclude on November 12. He is accompanied by other senior diplomats from Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Sudan and Maldives.
“The delegation was briefed on latest security situation along LOC ... The delegation was briefed on humanitarian crisis,” the Pakistan foreign office said in a statement.
The delegates also interacted with victims of cross-border firing and met the president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
“Tomorrow on 11 November, Delegates will visit Refugee's camp and Vocational Training Centre ... the Delegation will meet United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan - UNMOGIP in Muzaffarabad,” the foreign office said. “Delegation will also meet with PM AJK and representatives of various political parties in AJK Parliament.”
Instituted at the 14th OIC Summit in Makkah in 2019, the special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir has played “an important leadership role in steering the organization’s principled position on this issue,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement last week, adding that the latest visit will “reinforce the centrality of a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to lasting peace in South Asia.”