US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster along with envoys from 15 other countries arrived in Srinagar on Thursday on a two-day visit to union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first visit by diplomats since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August last year.

The Delhi-based envoys arrived by a special chartered flight at Srinagar’s technical airport where top officials from the newly carved out union territory received them, officials said.

The envoys will meet Lt Governor G C Murmu and civil society members before heading to Jammu later in the day, they added.

Besides the US, the delegation includes diplomats from Bangladesh, Vietnam, Norway, Maldives, South Korea, Morocco, and Nigeria, among others.

Envoys from the European Union (EU) are not a part of the group. They will make a trip to Jammu and Kashmir at a later date, said a person who declined to be named.

Source: Hindustan Times