India participated as the “guest of honour” in the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Abu Dhabi in response to an invitation from Foreign Minister His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates. Coming within days of the Pulwama attack by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) and the retaliatory Indian airstrike, this invitation held exceptional significance for India’s relations with the OIC.
Background
The importance of the invitation to New Delhi lies in the fact that India attended an OIC meeting for the first time ....
