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Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Meeting Between India Envoy Gaurav Ahluwalia And Former Naval Officer Underway

Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan had said it will provide Consular access for Kulbhushan Jadhav on September 2 in accordance with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict delivered on July 17. 

Updated: September 2, 2019 3:46 PM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Surabhi Shaurya

Kulbhushan Jadhav
Kulbhushan Jadhav

New Delhi: India has accepted Pakistan’s offer for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav,  a former naval officer who has been sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan on charges of ‘espionage and terrorism’.

“Indian Charge d’ Affaires will be meeting Kulbhushan Jadhav. We hope that Pakistan will ensure right atmosphere so that the meeting is free, fair, meaningful and effective in keeping with the letter and spirit of the ICJ’s orders,” sources in the government told news agency ANI on Monday.

Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan had said it will provide Consular access for Kulbhushan Jadhav on September 2 in accordance with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict delivered on July 17.

A tweet from Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal had said that Jadhav will be given consular access ‘in line with Vienna Convention on Consular relations, ICJ judgement & the laws of Pakistan’.

“Consular access for Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval officer and RAW operative, is being provided on Monday, 2 September 2019, in line with Vienna Convention on Consular relations, ICJ judgement & the laws of Pakistan,”Faisal had said in a tweet yesterday.

This comes after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 17 ruled in favour of India and affirmed Jadhav’s right to consular access. It had also slammed Pakistan for breaching obligations incumbent upon it under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

“Court finds that Pakistan deprived India of the right to communicate with and have access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, to visit him in detention and to arrange for his legal representation, and thereby breached obligations incumbent upon it under Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” said ICJ in its verdict.

Following the ICJ verdict, Pakistan on August 1 offered consular access to Jadhav but with conditions – that one Pakistani official would be present alongside. Rejecting Pak’s offer, India asked Pakistan to provide “unimpeded consular access” to Jadhav, in an environment “free from the fear of intimidation and reprisal”.

Live Updates

  • Sep 2, 2019 3:45 PM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: According to reports, the meeting between India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gaurav Ahluwalia and Kulbhushan Jadhav has concluded at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan.

  • Sep 2, 2019 12:55 PM IST
    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: Contrary to Pak Media reports, government sources in New Delhi said that Gaurav Ahluwalia, Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad will meet Jadhav.
  • Sep 2, 2019 12:53 PM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: “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”, reported Pak daily The Express Tribune.

  • Sep 2, 2019 12:52 PM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: As per a media report in Pakistan, senior Indian diplomat meets Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad.

  • Sep 2, 2019 12:07 PM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: 49-year-old Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “espionage and terrorism” in April 2017, following which India had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

  • Sep 2, 2019 11:36 AM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: We hope Pakistan will ensure right atmosphere so that the meeting is free, fair, meaningful and effective in keeping with the letter and spirit of the ICJ orders: Govt sources

  • Sep 2, 2019 11:31 AM IST

  • Sep 2, 2019 11:24 AM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: The meeting between India’s
    Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gaurav Ahluwalia and Ministry of Foreign
    Affairs’s (MoFA) Mohammad Faisal, begins.

  • Sep 2, 2019 11:23 AM IST

    Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, Gaurav Ahluwalia has reached Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to meet former naval officer.

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