India resumes issuing visas to Chinese nationals after a 5-year freeze

India has resumed issuing tourer visas to Chinese citizens for the archetypal clip successful 5 years starting Thursday, according to a Weibo post by the Indian embassy successful China connected Wednesday, marking a important measurement in de-escalating tensions betwixt the 2 countries.

Tensions betwixt China and India escalated aft their military clashed successful June 2020 implicit their disputed Himalayan border, which resulted successful casualties connected some sides, according to Reuters.

Following the deadly incident, India rolled retired restrictions connected Chinese investments and barred entree to galore Chinese applications, including Shein, TikTok and Weibo.

Both countries person moved toward rebuilding their narration with respective high-level meetings successful caller years. This included the bilateral meeting betwixt China's President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine the sidelines of the 16th BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, successful October 2024.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that India's latest determination to proceed issuing tourer visas to Chinese citizens was a "positive move."

"Easing cross-border question is wide beneficial. China volition support connection and consultation with India to further facilitate question betwixt the 2 countries," helium added.

Representatives from the 2 sides volition beryllium gathering aboriginal this twelvemonth successful India to sermon astir borderline issues, according to India's Ministry of External Affairs.