'India at OIC makes sense': Indonesian FM

[Kailash Kumar]

India at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation makes sense: Indonesia FM Retno Marsudi

Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury

Mar 24, 2019

Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi

Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population, has justified the invitation extended to India by the United Arab Emirates as a Guest of Honour for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting on March 1-2 and termed it an appropriate move.

“The invite extended to India by hosts UAE to attend the OIC foreign ministers meet was an appropriate move and makes sense as India has almost 190 million Muslims,” Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi told ET in an exclusive interaction before she left for Turkey for an emergency OIC meet on the New Zealand attacks. Marsudi, who had a brief chat with her Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in Abu Dhabi on March 1, described her as her sister. “India is a pluralist country. Indonesia is a pluralist country. India and Indonesia are two big democracies. We are trying to strengthen cooperation to create peace and tolerance in the world,” she said.

Indonesia, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and head of the sanctions committee on counter terrorism, played a key role in the fresh move to declare Masood Azhar a global terrorist recently. “Radical ideas are increasing and so are acts of terror. But terrorism doesn’t have a religion. Terrorism cannot be justified in the pretext of religion,” the Indonesian foreign minister emphasised when asked about the attacks in Pulwama and more recently in New Zealand.

Marsudi, credited with launching the initiative to create Indonesia’s Indo-Pacific strategy and a proponent of inclusive approach, noted that India and Indonesia have common goals in their respective Indo-Pacific strategies.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...sia-fm-retno-marsudi/articleshow/68553057.cms

 

[Asimzranger]

if muslim population is the only credentials then also join russia,germany,china, then what's the difference between un and oic.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Pakistan should definitely show a middle finger to OIC if they fail to condemn Indian brutality in Kashmir.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Oh!! I see...

Actually OIC doesn't makes any sense at all.

 

[maximuswarrior]

if muslim population is the only credentials then also join russia,germany,china, then what's the difference between un and oic.

Indonesia clearly doesn't give a shit about Kashmiri oppression. That much is very clear after these statements.

If IOC continues to ignore the Kashmiri people we need to immediately exit. There is no point for Pakistan to remain at IOC. They can add India to their club.

We are not Israel who looks the other way when India votes against it at the UN.

 

[Asimzranger]

Indonesia clearly doesn't give a shit about Kashmiri oppression. That much is very clear after these statements.

If IOC continues to ignore the Kashmiri people we need to immediately exit. There is no point for Pakistan to remain at IOC. They can add India to their club.

We are not Israel who looks the other way when India votes against it at the UN.

i think sooner or later both turkey and pakistan will leave this bogus OIC

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Nope India at OIC is not ok

If the Muslims in Indian form a separate federation of states with Autonomous control , perhaps those states would be ok to attend OIC

 

[maximuswarrior]

i think sooner or later both turkey and pakistan will leave this bogus OIC

Very likely if things continue like this.

 

[Asimzranger]

OIC AND UN are but only now as a debt competition and agenda politics both failed to solve world injustice.

 

[Kaniska]

I was debating on a similar topic in another thread...It is not like if Malaysian and Indonesian Gov says something good then they are pro India or pro Pakistan..:Rather they simply do not have any interest to know what is going on South Asia...

 

[Jf Thunder]

I wonder what happened to our foreign policy?
Indonesia was on very good terms with us, they helped us greatly during our wars with India

 

[mastaan]

i think sooner or later both turkey and pakistan will leave this bogus OIC

why do you guys always think in relative terms.. mei aur mera dost chale jayenge..

So many here like the rants from OIC and now suddenly it is bogus?

I wonder what happened to our foreign policy?
Indonesia was on very good terms with us, they helped us greatly during our wars with India

I don't think anything here speaks about your foreign policy.. People just don't think in terms of India vs Pakistan as a zero sum game... simple as that

 

[Asimzranger]

why do you guys always think in relative terms.. mei aur mera dost chale jayenge..

So many here like the rants from OIC and now suddenly it is bogus?


I don't think anything here speaks about your foreign policy.. People just don't think in terms of India vs Pakistan as a zero sum game... simple as that

even if turkey dont leave pakistan should leave happy
please do tell me what was the reason and agenda ok OIC and see now its move away from its objective is its right to call OIC bogus

 

[mastaan]

even if turkey dont leave pakistan should leave happy

But, why?
International politics does not get solved by storming out, like Bhutto did in UN.. you only lose a seat and influence... don't think your politicians will be silly to do that.

 

[coffee_cup]

Just shows that we need a lot of work at diplomatic front.

The current govt is doing a good job in engaging as many countries as possible and even those ones which were ignored earlier. We need to show them some of the lynchings carried by Hindutava terrorists so that they get a clear picture.

It will take some time till we reach those levels of diplomatic efforts where Muslim countries knew the double games played by India and the ugly face that she has when it comes to treatments of minorities by hindutava terrorists.

PS: Just realized the "article" is by ToI, so there must be quite a big percentage of fake element to it. Indian media has no credibility.