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Senior Indian diplomat meets Kulbhushan after Pak grants consular access: Report

Senior Indian diplomat meets Kulbhushan after Pak grants consular access: Report

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A senior Indian diplomat on Monday met Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, after Islamabad granted consular access to the Indian prisoner “in line with the ICJ judgement”.

The meeting between a senior Indian diplomat and the convicted Indian spy is currently underway after Pakistan formally granted the consular access to him in line with the decision of International Court of Justice.

However, it did not identify the Indian diplomat who met the retired Indian Navy officer.The venue of the meeting is not immediately known. In New Delhi, official sources said Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Gaurav Ahluwalia will meet Jadhav.

The meeting comes after India on August 30 had reiterated that it sought “immediate, effective and unhindered” consular access to Jadhav and was in touch with Pakistan through diplomatic channels.

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