Updated: January 9, 2020 8:00:28 pm
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar.
The Ministry of External Affairs Thursday said the visit of 15 foreign envoys, including the United States, to Jammu and Kashmir was facilitated by the Government of India, the objective of which was to show first-hand the efforts made by the Centre to normalise the situation. Visiting envoys were from the US, South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Maldives, Morocco, Fiji, Norway, Philippines, Argentina, Peru, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, and Guyana.
The MEA denied that this visit by envoys is a ‘guided tour'. “Criticism that this is a guided tour is unfounded,” said Kumar.
This is the first visit by diplomats since August last year when the Jammu and Kashmir's special status was revoked by diluting Article 370 and made into a union territory.
Army soldiers guard on top of their armored vehicle as a convoy of New Delhi-based diplomats passes through Srinagar, Kashmir, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
The Delhi-based envoys, who came here on a special chartered flight, landed at Srinagar's technical airport and were taken directly to the army cantonment for a briefing. Top officials from the newly-carved out union territory of Jammu and Kashmir…
