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Srinagar, 18 May 2023,(KAT) : The meeting is being billed as one of the largest international events to be organised in Kashmir in the aftermath of abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
The meeting, to be held during May 22-24, is being billed as one of the largest international events to be organised in Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Tight security arrangements have been put in place around the venue, Sher-e-Kashmir International Conventional Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal Lake. It was unclear if Indonesia, the last president of the G20 and a member of the grouping’s troika, would participate in the meeting in Srinagar.
China, which skipped a G20 meeting held in Arunachal Pradesh in March, and Turkey will not attend the meet in Srinagar, the people cited above said. China’s decision is apparently linked to objections by its close ally Pakistan while Turkey has criticised India’s handling of the situation in Kashmir in past years.
Several other countries, both G20 member states and guest countries invited by India to be part of the G20 process, are expected to have low-level participation at the meet in Srinagar, the people said. These countries are likely to be represented by diplomats from their embassies in New Delhi instead of officials from their respective capitals, the people added. Saudi Arabia and Mexico are likely to be among these countries—(KAT)