- The decision comes five years after the 2020 military shock between India, China.
- Several high -level meetings in 2024 have led to improved links.
- The Indian FM urges China to avoid “restrictive trade measures”.
India will resume tourist visas by delivering Chinese citizens from July 24 of this year, its embassy in China announced on Wednesday, marking the first time in five years that the two countries are working to repair their difficult relationship.
The tensions between the two countries intensified themselves following a military confrontation in 2020 along their disputed Himalayan border. In response, India has imposed restrictions on Chinese investments, prohibits hundreds of popular Chinese applications and reduces passenger routes.
China has suspended visas to Indian citizens and other foreigners at the same time due to the COVVI-19 pandemic, but raised these restrictions in 2022, when it took over visas for students and business travelers.
The tourist visas of the Indian nationals remained limited until March this year, when the two countries agreed to resume direct air service.
Relations have gradually improved, several high -level meetings taking place last year, including interviews between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Russia in October.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that Beijing noted the positive decision.
“China is ready to maintain communication and consultation with India and constantly improves the level of personal exchanges between the two countries,” he said.
India and China share a border of 3,800 kilometers (2,400 miles) disputed since the 1950s. The two countries fought a brutal but brutal border war in 1962, and negotiations to settle the dispute made slow progress.
In July, the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries had to resolve border friction, withdraw troops and avoid “restrictive trade measures” to normalize their relationship.
