Pakistan protests as India declares dates for J&K G20 meeting

NEW DELHI: After India announced dates for a G20 meeting in Srinagar next month, Pakistan reacted on Tuesday as it said in a statement that India is using its membership of the grouping to advance its "self-serving agenda". In the first official confirmation, India had last week updated its G20 calendar to say that a meeting of the G20 working group on tourism will be held in Srinagar from May 22 to 24.
Both Pakistan and China were opposed to the proposal for a G20 meeting in J&K. Pakistan had sought help from G20 member-states like Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and China to stop India from hosting any G20 meeting there, saying India would use the meeting to validate its "illegal occupation'' of J&K.
"Pakistan expresses its strong indignation over India's decision to hold the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar on May 22-24. India's irresponsible move is the latest in a series of self-serving measures to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir,'' said Islamabad in a statement.