EU far-right MPs head to Kashmir in rare foreign visit
2019-10-29 09:02:02 source：The Aljazeera
October 29, 2019
Nearly 30 European MPs, drawn mainly from far-right parties, will on Tuesday be the first international delegation to visit Indian-administered Kashmir since a security clampdown was imposed in the Muslim-majority region in August.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government withdrew Kashmir's autonomy on August 5, a move accompanied by a crackdown on dissent by security forces there, to head off protests.
While the Indian government backs the visit, the European Parliament and the European Union hierarchy has not been involved, raising some diplomatic doubts. Several European embassies in New Delhi were unaware of the visit until Monday.
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