“India informed its close partners, including Russia, about these steps,” RIA Novosti quoted the words of the Indian ambassador to Moscow, Venkatesh Varma.
He specified that this was done "both in New Delhi and in Moscow."
Earlier, the upper house of the Indian Parliament passed a bill to abolish the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan protested to the Ambassador of India over the possible adoption of a law providing for the abolition of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.