New Delhi: China and Turkey will reportedly give a miss to the upcoming G20 tourism working group meeting in Kashmir.
The event is scheduled to be held between May 22 and 25 at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal Lake. In addition to it, several countries will have a low-key participation as they plan to send officials from their embassies in New Delhi rather than diplomats from their capitals, a national media reported citing matter in the know.
This is first international event to be held in Kashmir since the BJP scrapped Article 370 in 2019. The report claims that China is not attending the event as its ally Pakistan has raised objection to India conducting the event in Kashmir.
It skipped G20 meeting held in China in March. Whereas Turkey had criticised India for doing away with the special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
