Delegates from the Group of 20 nations arrived in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday to participate in a tourism meeting condemned by China and Pakistan, as authorities significantly reduced visibility of the security in the disputed region's main city.
The meeting scheduled for later Monday is the first significant international event in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of semi-autonomy in 2019. Indian authorities hope the meeting will show that the controversial changes have brought “peace and prosperity” to the region.
Officials said hundreds of officers were specially trained for what they call “invisible policing” for the event. Mondays’ measures contrasted starkly to the security imposed in the days before the event. A massive security cordon was placed around the venue on the shores of Dal Lake in Srinagar with elite naval commandos patrolling in rubber boats in the water. The city’s commercial center was spruced up, with freshly black-topped roads leading to the lakeside convention center and power poles lit in the colors of India’s national flag.
India’s tourism secretary, Arvind Singh, told reporters Saturday that the meeting “was not only to showcase its potential for tourism but to also signal globally the restoration of stability and normalcy in the region.” Authorities have also enacted new laws that critics and many Kashmiris fear could transform the region’s demographics.
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