India-China ties: New Delhi speeds up visas for Beijing businesses; latter calls it 'positive move'

NEW DELHI: India has streamlined procedures to fast-track business visas for Chinese professionals, a significant move aimed at improving relations between the two powers and addressing long-standing delays that have cost billions in lost output due to a shortage of skilled technicians, Reuters reported on Friday.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun noted the move as a "positive" one.

Promoting the facilitation of personnel exchanges is in the common interests of all parties, and China is willing to maintain communication and consultation with India to continuously enhance the facilitation level of exchanges between the two countries, Global Times cited Guo saying.


This comes as both the countries are taking steps to ease out border tensions amid tariff pressure from the United States.

Last month, Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, had said that China was "willing to work with India" to resolve the issues.

"The China-India border issue is very complex, and it will indeed take time to resolve it. I believe that as two ancient civilisations have sufficient wisdom and ability to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas and find a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution," he had said.

"China is willing to work with India, under the guidance of the important consensus by the two leaders, to strengthen normalised boundary management and control, carry forward process of management and de-escalation and jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas," he added.

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