India, April 15 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to leverage diplomatic channels to persuade countries like the US, UK, Australia, and EU to revise or withdraw travel advisories cautioning against visits to the region.

Speaking to Hindustan Times on the sidelines of an Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) conference on Aviation and Tourism on Monday, Abdullah said, "It's the Ministry of External Affairs that needs to use its diplomatic might to actually now start getting these travel advisories written down. That would be the single biggest proof, acknowledged internationally, that J&K has changed for the better."

He stressed that while local authorities have consistently hig...