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Saudi Arabia has reportedly turned down Islamabad’s bid to call a meeting of top Muslim diplomats on the disputed territory of Kashmir.
Pakistan is seeking an immediate session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), considered one of the most important platforms where the 57-member body discusses important issues.
Pakistan has struggled to bring global attention to the plight of the Kashmiris. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Pakistan’s long-standing allies - have not been persistent in their support over Kashmir, experts say.
In December, Islamabad backed out of a meeting of Muslim leaders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after opposition from Riyadh, which saw it as a challenge to the Jeddah-based OIC.
Soon after, the Saudi foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan visited Pakistan and in meetings with Pakistani officials indicated that a CFM on Kashmir would be held.
Khan, who travelled to Malaysia this month in what’s being seen as a make-up visit, expressed his annoyance over the indecision of OIC.
“The reason is that we have no voice, and there is a total division amongst [us]. We can’t even come together as a whole on the OIC summit meeting on Kashmir,” he said, speaking at a think tank.
https://www.trtworld.com/asia/another-setback-for-pakistan-s-faltering-kashmir-stance-33584
Another day, another humiliation for Pakistan and another blow to our faltering Kashmir stance.
The Saudis told Imran Khan to sit down as he was about to board the plane to fly to Kuala Lumpur, and this additional humiliation is what we are getting in return.
The pertinent question is - what is our foreign policy and where do we go from here?
The Kashmir issue is fizzling out and history will remember Imran Khan as the PM who couldn’t anything (apart from firing tweets) when India annexed Kashmir and deprived them of their autonomy.
Where does Pakistan and Imran Khan go from here? This was bound to happen of course, but it doesn’t lessen the embarrassment for a state that has nowhere to go and nowhere to hide from its foreign policy blunders.