A 15-member foreign envoys’ delegation arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir and met over 100 people, including senior Valley-based politiclans, top newspaper editors and grassroots representatives.
They were seeking feedback on the ground situation post the revocation of the State’s special status, Pakistan’s attempts at interference and the immediate demands of the people.
Unlike the controversial tour of the European Union (EU) parliamentarians in October last year, these envoys, including U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster and the Norwegian Ambassador, drove past busy streets from the airport to reach Lalit Grand Palace Hotel. The venue is close to the sub-jail where National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah has been detained since August 5. The envoys did not meet him.
No shutdown was_ observed nor was any violence reported, unlike during the EU parliamentarians’ visit.
This story is from the January 10, 2020 edition of The Hindu.
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