Group of 16 envoys reaches Srinagar; will visit Jammu, meet L-G GC Murmu and civil society members during two-day visit

A group of 16 envoys arrived in Srinagar on Thursday for a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. This is the second visit by foreign envoys to the Union Territory after the erstwhile state’s special status A group of 16 envoys arrived in Srinagar on Thursday for a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The diplomats will visit Jammu and will also meet will meet Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu as well as civil society members and receive briefings on the security situation from various agencies. Srinagar: Delegation of 15 foreign envoys meets political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir including Ghulam Hasan Mir, Altaf Bukhari, Shoaib Iqbal Lone, Hilal Ahmed Shah, Noor Mohd Sheikh, Abdul Majid Padder, Abdul Rahim Rather and Rafi Ahmed Mir pic.twitter.com/ygC6vTrcuK — ANI January 9, 2020 The envoys are on the two-day visit as part of the government’s diplomatic outreach to rebut Pakistan’s propaganda on the Kashmir issue. The first visit of a foreign delegation to Jammu and Kashmir since 5 August was organised by Delhi-based think tank International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies, which took 23 EU MPs on a two-day visit to assess the situation in the Union Territory.