European lawmakers in Kashmir amid tensions
By DW
29 October 2019 |
3:31 pm
Twenty-seven MEPs, many of them from far-right parties, are visiting Kashmir after holding talks with Indian PM Modi. It's the first foreign delegation to enter the region since New Delhi scrapped its special status.
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