G20 tourism meeting begins under tight security in India-administered Kashmir with China and Pakistan condemning the holding of the three-day event in the disputed territory
In India-administered Kashmir, dissent has been criminalised, media freedoms curbed and public protests limited in what critics say is a drastic curtailment of civil liberties by authorities. / Photo: AFP
The three-day meeting that began on Monday is the first significant international event in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy in 2019. Indian authorities hope the meeting will show that the contentious changes have brought peace and prosperity to the region.
G20 member China, which has its own territorial disputes with India, has refused to attend, and no delegations are expected from Türkiye, Indonesia or Saudi Arabia.In a speech to lawmakers in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on Monday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the Srinagar meeting was a “display of India’s arrogance on the world stage" and the region"has become an open prison” for its residents.
But India wants to show that what officials call"normalcy and peace" are returning to the region after New Delhi's controversial 2019 move and the imposition of an extended lockdown.
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