(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) Foreign envoys arrive at Hazratbal shrine | KO Photo: Abid Bhat Srinagar: A group of envoys, including those from several Europe Union countries and a few OIC member states, began a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. They are here, according to government officials, to have a first-hand account of the situation, especially after the recently-concluded local body elections.
Soon after landing at Srinagar Airport, the delegation was accorded a traditional welcome with a group of girls singing traditional Kashmiri songs, including Wanwun amid showering of flower petals.
The envoys, which has representation from six OIC countries Malaysia, Bangladesh, Senegal Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan were taken to Magam in central Kashmir amid heightened security arrangements in the city and elsewhere in the Valley, officials said here.
New Delhi, February 16
Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the development work and the security situation in the Union territory, especially after the s
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Foreign envoys on 2-day J&K visit to assess situation post-DDC polls
Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the development work and the security situation in the union territory, especially after the successful completion of the District Development Council elections, officials said on Tuesday. They said during their two-day visit, the envoys would receive first-hand information on the development work undertaken by the union territory administration after the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.
Showcasing the efforts of the Centre for ensuring democracy at the grass-roots level, the newly-elected members of the DDC would be meeting besides holding a meeting with a few prominent citizens and administrative secretaries.
Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the development work and the security situation in the union territory, especially after the successful completion of the District Development Council elections, officials said on Tuesday.
India News: The envoys which has representation from four Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) - Malaysia, Bangladesh, Senegal and Tajikistan - were taken to M