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Indian military team's China visit is on
Saturday January 07, 2012 06:52:21 PM,
IANS
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Visa row: Indian military team's China visit called off
The visit of
an Indian military delegation to China has been called off after
Beijing refused a visa to an IAF officer who belongs to Arunachal
Pradesh, a defence ministry source said Friday. "I can confirm
that the visit has been called
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New Delhi: The visit of
an Indian military delegation to China is on, though scaled down,
even as a visa was denied to an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer
from Arunachal Pradesh, government sources said Saturday.
The number of delegates has been scaled down to 15 from the
original 30, the sources said.
The decision to keep the scheduled visit that begins Jan 10 comes
a day after defence sources said it had been called off because
the Chinese embassy here refused a visa to one of the
participants, Group Captain Mohonto Panging, without specifying
any reasons.
The team of the IAF, army and navy was to travel to China on a
four-day visit for a bilateral defence exchange programme.
They are to visit Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai.
The China visit is part of confidence building measures between
the two sides and comes after a similar one by the Chinese
military commanders last month.
China has sparked a visa row with India in the past. Beijing
claims Arunachal Pradesh as its territory and has been denying
travel permits to those hailing from the northeastern state
despite protests.
Beijing has also been denying visas to Jammu and Kashmir
residents.
Earlier in 2010, China denied a visa to Lt. Gen. B.S. Jaswal, then
head of the Northern Command, because he was serving in Jammu and
Kashmir.
The visit of the military team Jaswal was leading was cancelled
and India also temporarily called off its defence exchanges with
China.
However, the defence exchanges resumed after India sent a
delegation in June last year.
The latest visa row came close on the heels of a controversy over
threats to two Indian traders involved in a financial dispute in
the Chinese city of Yiwu.
The two Indian traders, who were holed up in a hotel in Yiwu, were
released Wednesday after the Indian consulate intervened.
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Visa row: Indian military team's China visit called off
The visit of
an Indian military delegation to China has been called off after
Beijing refused a visa to an IAF officer who belongs to Arunachal
Pradesh, a defence ministry source said Friday. "I can confirm
that the visit has been called
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