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2011-01-14 03:20:57 UTC
India protests Chinese stapled visas; Beijing refuses to budge
IANS
The Pioneer
Friday, January 14, 2011
Indraprasth aka New Delhi - India Thursday strongly protested against
Chinese stapled visas for residents of Arunachal Pradesh saying it
was "unacceptable". Beijing, however, refused to budge from its
position.
"Stapled Chinese visas are unacceptable to India. It has been
conveyed to China. We will not accept it," Defence Minister A.K.
Antony told reporters here.
On Tuesday, Indian weightlifter Sibi Yuktar and his coach Abraham
Kaya from Arunachal Pradesh were stopped from leaving Delhi after
immigration officials noticed that their Chinese visas were issued on
a separate sheet of paper stapled to their passports.
"There is no change in China's visa for residents of Arunachal
Pradesh. We only issue stapled visas for non-officials from that
state," a source in the Chinese embassy, who declined to be named,
said here. The source added that China does not even issue visas to
officials from Arunachal Pradesh.
China has justified stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh
as it claims the entire state as part of its territory.
In the last two years, China had resorted to issuing stapled visas to
residents of Jammu and Kashmir, implicitly questioning India's
position that the Himalayan state was its inalienable part.
In the middle of 2010, China had refused visa to an Indian Army
general commanding a formation based in Udhampur, resulting in India
snapping bilateral military exchanges with its neighbour.
India had, during the visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to New
Delhi last month, raised the issue of stapled visas and asked Beijing
to be sensitive to its concerns in this regard just as it respected
China's position on Tibet and Taiwan.
On China's military modernisation, its recent testing of the J-20
stealth fighter jet and building infrastructure along the borders
with India, Antony said: "We are also modernising our armed forces
after careful assessment of emerging threats. Whatever is needed by
the armed forces to protect our security we are providing it."
"On the infrastructure front, we are moving ahead. Compared to the
past, our security arrangement in the northern and eastern sectors
are improving fast and our armed forces are fairly prepared now."
On the reported transgressions by Chinese troops into Indian
territory, the defence minister said it happened mainly due to the
differing perceptions of the 4,057-km-long Line of Actual Control by
either sides.
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IANS
The Pioneer
Friday, January 14, 2011
Indraprasth aka New Delhi - India Thursday strongly protested against
Chinese stapled visas for residents of Arunachal Pradesh saying it
was "unacceptable". Beijing, however, refused to budge from its
position.
"Stapled Chinese visas are unacceptable to India. It has been
conveyed to China. We will not accept it," Defence Minister A.K.
Antony told reporters here.
On Tuesday, Indian weightlifter Sibi Yuktar and his coach Abraham
Kaya from Arunachal Pradesh were stopped from leaving Delhi after
immigration officials noticed that their Chinese visas were issued on
a separate sheet of paper stapled to their passports.
"There is no change in China's visa for residents of Arunachal
Pradesh. We only issue stapled visas for non-officials from that
state," a source in the Chinese embassy, who declined to be named,
said here. The source added that China does not even issue visas to
officials from Arunachal Pradesh.
China has justified stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh
as it claims the entire state as part of its territory.
In the last two years, China had resorted to issuing stapled visas to
residents of Jammu and Kashmir, implicitly questioning India's
position that the Himalayan state was its inalienable part.
In the middle of 2010, China had refused visa to an Indian Army
general commanding a formation based in Udhampur, resulting in India
snapping bilateral military exchanges with its neighbour.
India had, during the visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to New
Delhi last month, raised the issue of stapled visas and asked Beijing
to be sensitive to its concerns in this regard just as it respected
China's position on Tibet and Taiwan.
On China's military modernisation, its recent testing of the J-20
stealth fighter jet and building infrastructure along the borders
with India, Antony said: "We are also modernising our armed forces
after careful assessment of emerging threats. Whatever is needed by
the armed forces to protect our security we are providing it."
"On the infrastructure front, we are moving ahead. Compared to the
past, our security arrangement in the northern and eastern sectors
are improving fast and our armed forces are fairly prepared now."
On the reported transgressions by Chinese troops into Indian
territory, the defence minister said it happened mainly due to the
differing perceptions of the 4,057-km-long Line of Actual Control by
either sides.
http://dailypioneer.com/310374/India-protests-Chinese-stapled-visas;-Beijing-refuses-to-budge.html
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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fair use of copyrighted works.
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considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
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not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
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owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
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