Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement on Tuesday in an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere ahead of the scheduled G-20 meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May…reports Asian Lite News
With large scale preparations going on for the dignitaries who will arrive for the G-20 events to be held in the Kashmir valley, Pakistan has fired its first salvo at India hosting the meeting in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in a bid to vitiate the atmosphere.
Holding the group’s Presidency, India is hosting a number of the G-20 events and group meetings across the country. The University of Kashmir is part of some G-20 programmes in coordination with some other universities, the UT and the Union government. G-20’s second meeting of the Development Working Group was held at Kumarakom, Kerala, on 9 April. Different Working Groups are holding similar meetings all over the country.
For the Tourism Working Group, a grand meeting is scheduled at Srinagar Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar on 22-24 May, 2023. Arrangements have been made for the guests’ visits to the Dachigam National Park and the world-famous tourist resort of Gulmarg. Officials said that almost all arrangements related to security and hospitality of the guests are being finalised.
Under the Government of India’s Smart City Mission, the capital city of Srinagar is being spruced up at a large scale. Currently the face-lifting and remodelling works are in progress in Srinagar’s Civil Lines where Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is dismantling the old iconic Bajaj Clock Tower and raising a fresh one with modern value additions.
Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan, has issued a public appeal, imploring the residents to contribute to the city’s beautification ahead of the G-20 event in Srinagar. “It is an occasion for enhancing the reputation of the city as a famed tourist destination known for scenic beauty, traditional architecture and hospitality of the people. While the government is making necessary arrangements for the upliftment of the city, it is important that the citizens also play their part in sprucing up the city and making the event a grand success”, said the SMC’s appeal to the citizens.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a statement on Tuesday in an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere ahead of the scheduled G-20 meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May.
“Pakistan expresses its strong indignation over India’s decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on 22-24 May 2023. Scheduling of two other meetings of a consultative forum on youth affairs (Y-20) in Leh and Srinagar in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) is equally disconcerting”, reads the statements issued in Islamabad.
While criticising the scheduling of the three G-20 events in J&K and Ladakh, Islamabad has “yet again raked up the UN resolution of 1948-49.
“With its decision to host G-20 events in IIOJK, India is again exploiting its membership of an important international grouping for advancing its self–serving agenda. For a country that has a grandiose vision about itself and its place in the world, India has once more demonstrated that it is unable to act as a responsible member of the international community”, the MFA statement said, claiming that J&K and Ladakh were “disputed” territories.
