India on Monday criticised the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for making what it called unwarranted and factually incorrect references to India while acting under the influence of Pakistan, which had turned terrorism into statecraft.

India gave a strong response after a two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the OIC in Turkiye criticised New Delhi on several issues including what it described as social marginalisation of Indian Muslims.

The OIC also urged strict adherence to bilateral agreements between India and Pakistan, including the Indus Waters Treaty, and emphasised the need for a broad-based dialogue to resolve all outstanding disputes peacefully.

The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that India categorically rejected the unwarranted and factually incorrect references made at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting.

It said these remarks, driven by Pakistan, which had turned terrorism into an instrument of statecraft, showed how the OIC platform continued to be misused for narrow political goals.

The MEA said the OIC’s repeated failure to recognise the real and documented threat of terrorism from Pakistan, most recently shown in the brutal Pahalgam attack, demonstrated a deliberate disregard for facts.

It said the OIC had no right to comment on India’s internal matters, including Jammu and Kashmir, which remained an integral and sovereign part of India, as clearly stated in the Indian Constitution and already settled.

The MEA said the OIC needed to think seriously about the danger of allowing Pakistan’s propaganda to take over and politicise its agenda. It warned that any other approach would damage the OIC’s credibility and relevance.

It said India also completely rejected Pakistan’s false accusation of unprovoked and unjustified military aggression.

The MEA said India’s Operation Sindoor, which responded to the Pahalgam terror attack, was a targeted and lawful act of self-defence against terrorist bases operating from Pakistani soil.

It said Pakistan’s claim that it aimed only at Indian military sites was absurd because its retaliatory efforts not only failed but also put civilian lives and property in danger and caused several civilian deaths and injuries.

The MEA said it was also ironic that Pakistan, which had a terrible record on human rights and a long history of supporting, protecting and promoting terrorists, was trying to advise others on counter-terrorism and human rights.

The MEA said the statements made by Pakistan at the OIC meeting were just a desperate attempt to distract the world from its own terrible record of state-sponsored terrorism, persecution of minorities, sectarian violence and poor governance.