MEA says foreign envoys tour was not guided, EU ambassadors may visit Kashmir later

The External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday that ambassadors from European Union did not become a part of the group visiting Jammu and Kashmir as they perceived that it was a guided tour and added that more visits by envoys will be organised to the union territory."The EU ambassadors didn't go because they believed it was a guided tour. We wanted this group to be broad-based. There were restrictions on numbers as in you cannot take too large a number when you are moving and organising a meeting. This means that subsequently, we'll organise several such visits to the J & K," MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at the weekly media briefing.He was answering queries on reports that European Union diplomats refused to be part of the foreign delegation visiting J & K.A group of 15 foreign envoys, from the United States, South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Maldives, Morocco, Fiji, Norway, Philippines, Argentina, Peru, Niger, Nigeria, Togo and Guyana, visited Kashmir on Thursday .