ISLAMABAD – In a diplomatic success for Pakistan, Indian President to faceKashmir issue on official visit to European Country.

Swiss government has put on agenda the Kashmir crisis during President RamNath Kovind’s state visit to Bern, said the official press release of theSwiss government.

President Kovind will be on a three-country tour next week where he willvisit Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from September 9 and will be inBern on September 13.

In a statement, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) inSwitzerland said the “situation in Kashmir” will be discussed among otherthings.

“Discussions will include the global security issues and human rights, thesituation in Occupied Kashmir and India’s regional situation”, read theFDFA statement.

This comes days after the European Union Committee on Foreign Affairsdiscussed Kashmir in a closed door meeting. The in-camera briefing of theEuropean members in Brussels was held on September 3 with Gunna Wiegnad,Managing Director for Asia and Pacific, European External Action Service(EEAS).

India maintains that changes in Article 370 is an internal matter of Indiaand the dispute of Kashmir is bilateral to India and Pakistan.