After India efficiently hosted 59 worldwide delegates on the G20 Tourism Working Group assembly in Srinagar from May 22 to 24, Pakistan’s Charge de Affairs (CDA) to India lodged a protest with all these nations who attended the occasion within the Valley, HT has learnt.

Pakistan had lobbied with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) nations invited to Srinagar to boycott the occasion on grounds that Jammu & Kashmir was disputed territory, however solely Islamabad’s high strategic accomplice China, Egypt, and Oman didn’t attend the G20 assembly. Egypt and Oman are among the many 9 nations invited as company by India for the September G20 Summit. Three journey trade representatives from Turkey and two journey trade representatives from Saudi Arabia attended the occasion although there was no official participation.

Among OIC nations, Nigeria was represented by its deputy excessive commissioner and three delegates from the excessive fee, Bangladesh was represented by its excessive commissioner, UAE by one official and two journey trade representatives, and Indonesia by one embassy consultant. Much to the chagrin of China and Pakistan, the United Nations was represented by its Headquarters, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Despite Islamabad having no locus standi both in G20 or Srinagar, as exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar stated on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) overseas ministers’ summit in Goa earlier this month, Pakistan overseas minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari went to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) on May 23 and addressed a gathering in Bagh to criticise the Narendra Modi authorities for internet hosting the Srinagar occasion. While thanking “all-weather friend” China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey for ostensibly shunning the G20 Srinagar assembly, he slammed the Modi authorities for allegedly maligning Pakistan and the Kashmiri individuals. To ensure, China was the one nation that publicly introduced the boycott of the Srinagar assembly saying it was against holding the assembly in what a Beijing spokesman termed as “disputed territory”.

Apart from the J&Ok administration, together with lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, enjoying a significant function within the success of the G20 occasion in Srinagar, the G20 secretariat, the tourism ministry, and the nationwide safety companies performed their half in guaranteeing that the occasion was freed from incident.

HT has learnt that India had given a agency message to Pakistan that there could be a retaliation if any incident involving Pak-sponsored terrorists befell through the Srinagar occasion.