India has been raising the plight of Indian students with China, studying in Chinese universities and unable to return for physical classes (Representational image)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, “I have no information to share at this time.”
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Noting that India has been raising the plight of Indian students with China, studying in Chinese universities and unable to return for physical classes, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday urged Beijing to take an “amicable stand” in the matter. requested. The strict restrictions were putting the academic careers of thousands of students at risk.
Responding to a separate question about Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to India later this month, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said, “I have a very short answer on that. I don’t have any information to share about this at the moment.’ It was learned that the offer of visit has come from the Chinese side and Wang also intends to visit Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh as part of the four-nation tour.
On Indian students studying in China being unable to return to that country, Bagchi said, “India has taken up the issue with Beijing. “We have highlighted the plight of the students and the continuation of these stringent restrictions is putting the academic careers of thousands of students at risk,” he said. Bagchi also referred to statements made by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on February 8 and March. On February 14, he told the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, on February 8, that China was looking into the matter in a coordinated manner and that arrangements for allowing foreign students to return to China were being investigated.
“But let me clarify that till date, the Chinese side has not given any clear response regarding the return of Indian students. We will continue to urge the Chinese side to take a favorable stance in the interest of our students and that they facilitate early return to China so that our students can continue their studies.” He added that this issue was also taken up with. Wang by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during a meeting in Dushanbe last September. The two foreign ministers held talks in the Tajik capital city on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
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