Jammu, Dec 21: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting on the preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit meetings to be held in Jammu Kashmir in 2023.

 

The Lt Governor called for extensive preparations ahead of the G20 meet and said that the meetings under India's presidency is also an opportunity to share Jammu Kashmir's achievements and to showcase its rich cultural heritage.

 

 

The Lt Governor also called for involving students and educational institutions to make the meetings a grand success. He instructed the Higher Education Department to conduct seminars on G20 in the Universities and educational institutions across the UT.

 

Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Atal Dulloo, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department; RK Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; RR Swain, Special DG CID; Administrative Secretaries; Divisional Commissioners, senior officers of Police and Civil Administration attended the meeting, in person and through video conferencing at Civil Secretariat, and also shared their valuable suggestions.

 

It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan has opposed the development of holding G20 summit in Jammu and Kashmir. "Pakistan also strongly urges the international community to call upon India to end its gross and systematic violations of human rights in J&K, revoke its illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019, and free all political prisoners including the true Kashmiri leaders," a spokesman from Pakistan Foreign Ministry said.