Foreign envoys arrive in J&K on 2-day visit
NEW DELHI: A delegation of foreign envoys has arrived in Srinagar on a 2-day visit to the Valley.
The delegation includes 4nvoys from 24 nations, namely Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, EU, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Bangladesh, Malawi, Eritrea, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.
The group of foreign envoys is expected to interact with some of the newly elected District Development Council (DDC) members, with the government looking to highlight the turnout in the maiden DDC elections as a sign of the local people's faith in "grassroot democracy" and their rejection of any interference by external forces in, as the government says, India's internal matter.
The delegation includes 4nvoys from 24 nations, namely Chile, Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, EU, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Bangladesh, Malawi, Eritrea, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Malaysia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.
The visit follows India's February 5 move to restore 4G mobile internet services in the union territory (UT) exactly 18 months after India amended Article 370 to revoke the special status of the erstwhile state.
The group of foreign envoys is expected to interact with some of the newly elected District Development Council (DDC) members, with the government looking to highlight the turnout in the maiden DDC elections as a sign of the local people's faith in "grassroot democracy" and their rejection of any interference by external forces in, as the government says, India's internal matter.
