Last week saw India taking a batch of 24 foreign envoys to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and conspicuous by the absence was British High Commissioner Alexander Ellis. Of the 24 envoys, the largest group of 9 envoys were from Europe. These were EU, Finland, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
India was keen on the British High Commission to also be part of the visit. While the UK did not participate, they were aware of the visit being organized by the Indian govt. It is understood that the UK mission in Delhi is closely working with authorities to find the best opportunity for UK high commission to visit the union territory soon.
This comes even as within the UK a number of voices…