Kashmir officials dismiss ‘state-sponsored jaunt’ as foreign envoys wrap up tour Issued on: 19/02/2021 - 11:22 A delegation of diplomats and officials visit the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. AP - Mukhtar Khan 3 min Envoys of 24 countries from Europe, Africa and the Middle East have completed a visit of Jammu and Kashmir amid a blanket of security and a shutdown in some parts of the region. Local officials criticised the trip as a curated government tour "with no substance". Advertising Read more In the third such visit by foreign envoys to Jammu and Kashmir in the last 18 months, diplomats from 24 countries completed a two-day trip to the union territory to assess the ground situation.