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25 Ambassadors reach Srinagar on 2-day visit
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- Twenty-five foreign Ambassadors arrived Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation after the Centre’s August 5 decision to revoke the erstwhile State’s special status.
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- Inputs sought from locals: They sought inputs from locals including select politicians, elected grass-roots representatives, editors, traders and members of the civil society on the measures required to move ahead.
- No politician allowed to meet: No politician from the regional parties, such as the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), figured on the list of delegates drafted by the administration.
- Significance of visit: The visit assumes significance because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to India, and the EU’s plan to discuss the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and reading down of Article 370 in the European Parliament in March.
Source
The Hindu