Second batch of envoys from EU, Gulf countries arrive in Srinagar

A fresh batch of 25 foreign envoys from the European Union
and Gulf countries arrived in Srinagar today. The purpose of the visit of
envoys is to get first-hand information about the ground situation after the
abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. This is the second tour of the
foreign delegates’  to Jammu and Kashmir.

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The batch includes envoys from Germany, Canada, France, New
Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Afghanistan, Austria, Uzbekistan, Poland, as well as
envoys of the European Union. The delegation was scheduled to visit north
Kashmir’s Baramulla in helicopters immediately upon their arrival, but it has
been delayed due to bad weather.

In Baramulla, the delegation is scheduled to meet several
trade bodies, skilled youth, Sarpanchs, and different civil society groups. The
delegates will interact with industrialists and business representatives in
Srinagar during the day. It will visit Jammu tomorrow and meet the Lieutenant
Governor Girish Chandra Murmu and higher officials of the administration.

A team of 15 envoys, including US Ambassador to India
Kenneth Juster, paid a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir in January. The
Central Government abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated the erstwhile state
Jammu and Kashmir into union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on the
5th of August, 2019.