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China and Turkey dropping out from the Srinagar meeting was expected but with other nations in attendance, it will not make much of a dent.

For the J&K government, the meeting – the first international event in Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370 – is intended to send out a signal.

High security for Indias G20 meet in restive Kashmir

Elite Indian commandos patrolled the streets of Srinagar on Friday ahead of a G20 tourism meeting next week, with China and Pakistan condemning holding the event in the disputed territory of Indian-administered…

Elite Indian commandos patrolled the streets of Srinagar on Friday ahead of a G20 tourism meeting next week, with China and Pakistan condemning holding the

India says statement unwarranted

India has put down an attempt to rake up Kashmir at the United Nations, ahead of a G20 meeting scheduled in Srinagar next week.

The decision to hold the G20 event in Jammu and Kashmir indicates that the international community, for once,  is now willing to acknowledge and endorse India's side of story.

India is using the meeting to portray a ‘seal of approval’, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes said.

The UN Special Rapporteur claimed that the Modi government is “trying to justify what some have called a military occupation by using a G20 meeting and showing an international ‘seal of approval’.