But it is relations with Saudi Arabia that the Imran Khan government is really worried about, a senior diplomat in New Delhi said. An Indian diplomat said after India cemented its ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries over the last six years, Pakistan had distanced itself from its projected Arab legacy and moved towards Erdogan’s Ottoman revival. The OIC contact group on Kashmir, formed in 1994, is a smaller group of OIC foreign ministers. It has already met on June 22 this year to discuss Kashmir when foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey attended the meeting. A diplomat in Delhi said the proposal appeared to be a face-saver for Imran Khan vis-a-vis his Pakistan’s domestic audience.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 08:47 UTC