OIC appoints special envoy on Kashmir

Srinagar, June 20 (UNI) The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has appointed its Assistant Secretary General, Ezzat Kamil Mufti, as the special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir.

Hurriyat sources told UNI here that the decision was taken during the 33rd Foreign Minister's meeting of the OIC in Baku, the capital of former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.

The separatist conglomerate also welcomed the appointment of ambassador Mufti as the OIC Secretary General's Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir.

The three-day session began yesterday and concludes tomorrow.

The moderate Hurriyat Conference has sent its representative advocate Mohammad Ashraf Lone as amalgam chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq could not attend the meeting due to prior commitments.

The Hurriyat Conference enjoys an observer status in the OIC.

Advocate Lone apprised the participants at the OIC Contact Group meeting about the ongoing dialogue process aimed at finding a lasting and peacful solution to the vexed Kashmir issue.

Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) President Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan and Tahir Masood of the PoK chapter of the APHC also took part in the meeting.

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