Added on February 20, 2019
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UN asks for more escorts to it’s military observers in Kashmir
Srinagar: United Nations has asked government of Indian for additional escorts for its military observers in Kashmir.
The development comes following one of its vehicles was stopped by a group of protesters in Jammu.
“The observer group reported on February 16 that a UN vehicle in the city of Jammu was surrounded by a group of protesters who placed a Pakistan flag in front of the vehicle. The vehicle attempted to bypass the flag but was unable to do so,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
According to reports he said the incident was “regrettable and unavoidable”.