Foreign envoys on two-day J&K visit from Feb. 17 to assess situation post DDC polls: officials
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Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 17 to assess the event work and the safety situation within the union territory, particularly after the profitable completion of the District Development Council elections, officials stated on Feb. 16.
They stated throughout their two-day visit, the envoys would obtain first-hand info on the event work undertaken by the Union Territory administration after abrogation of the particular standing of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.
Showcasing the efforts of the Centre for guaranteeing democracy at grass-roots degree, the newly-elected members of the DDC can be assembly moreover holding a gathering with a number of outstanding residents and administrative secretaries.
Strengthening of democratic establishments on the grass-roots degree can be considerably highlighted, the officials stated, including that in a presentation the envoys can be proven how panchayats have been empowered by giving them monetary powers.
On the second day, the ambassadors would visit Jammu the place they’d be assembly Lt. Gov. Manoj Sinha moreover among the DDC members and representatives of some social organisations, they stated.
This is an one other diplomatic train being undertaken by the federal government to counter the propaganda that’s being orchestrated by (*17*) at worldwide foras, the officials stated.
The envoys can be briefed in regards to the safety situation by senior officers concerned with the law-and-order situation within the Kashmir valley, particularly makes an attempt of (*17*) to push terrorists into India via the Line of Control and likewise in regards to the frequent ceasefire violations, they stated.
Last 12 months, envoys from 17 nations together with the U.S. had visited Jammu and Kashmir. The group additionally comprised ambassadors from Vietnam, South Korea, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Niger, Nigeria, Morocco, Guyana, Argentina, Philippines, Norway, Maldives, Fiji, Togo, Bangladesh and Peru.
Three months after the Centre withdrew the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir by revoking Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcated it into two union territories, a delegation of 23 EU MPs was taken on a two-day visit to assess the situation within the Union Territory by the International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies, a Delhi-based assume tank.
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