Seven people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines, the wives of the envoys of Indonesia and Malaysia, two pilots and one crew member, were killed when the Pakistan Army's MI-17 chopper crashed in Naltar valley in PoK's Gilgit-Batistan region on May 8.
Foreign Office said that the body of the deceased Norwegian ambassador was flown from Islamabad to Oslo.
Diplomats from over 30 countries were going to Naltar for a ceremony to inaugurate a chairlift at a ski resort when one of the three helicopters carrying them crashed.
A ceremony with a guard of honour to pay respects to the deceased diplomat was held at Nur Khan Airbase, Islamabad before departure.
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