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Free Malaysia Today
2 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
India to resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens
Relations have gradually improved, including talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Russia. (EPA Images pic) HONG KONG : India will resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens from July 24 this year, its embassy in China said today, the first time in five years as both countries move to repair their rocky relationship. Tensions between the two countries escalated following a 2020 military clash along their disputed Himalayan border. In response, India imposed restrictions on Chinese investments, banned hundreds of popular Chinese apps and cut passenger routes. China suspended visas to Indian citizens and other foreigners around the same time due to the Covid-19 pandemic but lifted those restrictions in 2022, when it resumed issuing visas for students and business travellers. Tourist visas for Indian nationals remained restricted until March this year, when both countries agreed to resume direct air service. Relations have gradually improved, with several high-level meetings taking place last year, including talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Russia in October. China's foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said today that Beijing had noted the positive move. 'China is ready to maintain communication and consultation with India and constantly improve the level of personal exchanges between the two countries,' he said. India and China share a 3,800km border that has been disputed since the 1950s. The two countries fought a brief but brutal border war in 1962 and negotiations to settle the dispute have made slow progress. In July, India's foreign minister told his Chinese counterpart that both countries must resolve border friction, pull back troops and avoid 'restrictive trade measures' to normalise their relationship.
Russia Today
2 days ago
- Business
- Russia Today
India to restart tourist visas for Chinese citizens
In a sign of warming ties between New Delhi and Beijing, India has said it will restart issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens after a five-year pause. The restrictions were imposed during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, and continued after relations between the countries became strained due to a deadly border clash in the Himalayas in 2020. 'From July 24, 2025, Chinese citizens can apply for a tourist visa to visit India,' the Indian Embassy said in a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo. Beijing has long requested the reissuing of visas to its citizens, in addition to restarting direct flights between India and mainland China, which were also suspended in 2020. BRICS on Holiday! India to Welcome Back Chinese Tourists for First Time in Five Years!Visas will be issued for Chinese citizens from Thursday, India's embassy in China has announced. It marks another positive step towards mending relations after a military clash along the… 'Easing cross-border travel is widely beneficial,' the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. 'China will maintain communication and consultation with India to further facilitate travel between the two countries.' Efforts to normalize ties between the two countries began in October last year, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on the sidelines of the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan. Both leaders gave their nod to follow an agreement to disengage from areas of tension and a commitment to work towards restoring relations. Following multiple rounds of military and diplomatic talks, certain proposals to ease trade and investment restrictions between India and China have gained momentum, driven by industry demands. Earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at a meeting in Beijing with his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, said, 'Since our leaders' meeting in October 2024, the relationship has been gradually moving in a positive direction.' In June, a group of Indians crossed over into Tibet for the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra, one of the holiest pilgrimages in Hinduism. The pilgrimage, which traverses two sacred sites, was also resumed after a five-year hiatus. Last week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Beijing is ready to enhance trilateral cooperation with New Delhi and Moscow.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
India to Allow Tourist Visas for Chinese Nationals After Years
Chinese nationals will soon be able to apply for tourist visas to visit India, after years of curbs enforced by the South Asian nation on its neighbor following their 2020 border clash. The change, announced by the Indian embassy in China in a statement, is set to come into effect on Thursday.
Times of Oman
5 days ago
- Business
- Times of Oman
SGIVS Global starts operations for Indian passport, visa services in Oman
Muscat: SGIVS Global has begun providing consular, passport and visa, services at Al Raid Business Centre, Qurum in Oman. The centre was inaugurated in the presence of Indian ambassador G V Srinivas on Sunday. The company said it plans to open branches in other parts of Oman to offer easy access to passport and visa services. In Oman, SGIVS will offer visa Services (Tourist, Business, Entry, etc.), Indian Passport Services (reissue, new passport), Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) applications, surrender certificate services, attestation services, police clearance certificate, and apostille services. All applicants are requested to book appointments online at Earlier, the Embassy of India in Muscat had announced that its Consular, Passport, and Visa services will be handled by SGIVS Global Services, which will establish 11 new application centres across the Sultanate, including Muscat, Salalah, Sohar, Ibri, Sur, Nizwa, Duqm, Ibra, Khasab, Buraimi, and Barka.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
Gunmen kill 2 Indians and abduct a third in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Gunmen killed at least two Indians and abducted a third during an attack in Niger's southwest Dosso region, according to Indian authorities, the latest such violence targeting foreigners in Niger's conflict-battered territories. The Indian Embassy in Niger said in a statement on X on Friday that the attack occurred on Tuesday, and that it was in touch with local authorities to repatriate the bodies of the victims and ensure the safe release of the kidnapped individual. Local media in Niger identified the victims as workers at a construction site in Dosso, located 140 kilometers (87 miles) from the country's capital of Niamey. Foreigners are increasingly becoming targets of armed groups in Niger. Several of them have been kidnapped this year, including an Austrian woman who has lived in Niger as an aid worker for more than 20 years, a Swiss woman seized from her home in April and five Indian workers, also in April. Niger has for many years battled a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, a security crisis that analysts say has worsened since the military toppled the country's government in July 2023, and has since struggled to restore peace in hot spots. According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, June was one of the country's deadliest months on record as IS-backed fighters launched a major offensive across the Tillaberi and Dosso regions, killing more than 100 civilians in what marked a return to mass atrocities in rural areas. Solve the daily Crossword
