From May 22–24, India welcomed 59 nations for the meeting of the Tourism Working Group at the G20 Summit in Srinagar. Due to the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir’s territory, the Pakistan Charge de Affaires raised a concern with other parties.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) nations who were invited to the meeting in Srinagar have reportedly been persuaded by Pakistan. Only Islamabad’s main strategic allies China, Egypt, and Oman did not attend the G20 summit, despite Pakistan apparently urging them to do so.
India has sent invitations to Egypt and Oman to attend the September G20 conference.
In addition, the report claims that two Saudi Arabian and three Turkish tourism sector professionals attended the event without being invited to do so.
According to reports, only China formally abstained from the G20 summit in Srinagar; a spokeswoman for Beijing reportedly referred to it as “disputed territory.”
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan’s foreign minister, reportedly criticised the Narendra Modi-led government for holding the Srinagar G20 summit during a meeting on May 23 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ summit in Goa earlier this month. He allegedly criticised the Indian administration for defaming Pakistan’s ties with the Kashmiri people.
The G20 summit in Srinagar was made tranquil by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the G20 secretariat, the tourism ministry, and the national security forces.