Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India

[SpArK]

Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India​

Brussels, Dec 9, (PTI):

Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's New Delhi visit, India today said Beijing has given an assurance that the issue of giving stapled visas to those from Jammu and Kashmir will be resolved and that it will not affect bilateral diplomatic exchanges.

Government sources said there was need to show sensitivity to each other's core concerns. They said said this approach will be underlined by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he meets his Chinese counterpart Wen next week for talks, which is taking place in the backdrop of irritants in bilateral relations like the issuance of stapled visas to Kashmiris.

The sources said that Beijing has told India that they will solve the problem of issuing stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and that it is not a political issue. China has also said this issue will not affect bilateral diplomatic exchanges, they said.

The Chinese approach on how it is tackling the row over the visa issue is a good solvent for bilateral ties, the sources said. They said India and China have shown an ability to manage difficult issues in their relationship despite problems like the boundary dispute and the stapled visa issue.

The sources said the growing trade imbalance against India is posing a big problem and steps would have to be taken to address it. India-China bilateral trade is expected to touch a record USD 60 billion this year. Sino-India trade has already crossed USD 49.84 billion this October with Indian exports alone touching USD 17 billion, while China continue to have a sway with USD 32.87 billion worth of exports.

However, India is suffering a record trade deficit of USD 15.9 billion this year. On the boundary issue, sources said the Special Representatives were making steady progress but it will take some time before a solution could be hammered out.

The sources said India and China were now in the second of the third phase outlined by the two countries in their endeavour to find a solution to the boundary question. The phase is related to laying down guiding principles in 2005, a framework bilateral agreement and implementing this pact.

The sources noted that India-China border was the most peaceful in the world. The last death on the border was in October 1975. They said the importance attached by China in developing relations with India can be gauged from the fact that eight of the nine CPC politburo members had visited India in November.


Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India

 

[The HBS Guy]

Solving means not doing it at all.

Anything else is humbug.

 

[Dalai Lama]

Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India​

Brussels, Dec 9, (PTI):

Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's New Delhi visit, India today said Beijing has given an assurance that the issue of giving stapled visas to those from Jammu and Kashmir will be resolved and that it will not affect bilateral diplomatic exchanges.

Government sources said there was need to show sensitivity to each other's core concerns. They said said this approach will be underlined by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he meets his Chinese counterpart Wen next week for talks, which is taking place in the backdrop of irritants in bilateral relations like the issuance of stapled visas to Kashmiris.

The sources said that Beijing has told India that they will solve the problem of issuing stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and that it is not a political issue. China has also said this issue will not affect bilateral diplomatic exchanges, they said.

The Chinese approach on how it is tackling the row over the visa issue is a good solvent for bilateral ties, the sources said. They said India and China have shown an ability to manage difficult issues in their relationship despite problems like the boundary dispute and the stapled visa issue.

The sources said the growing trade imbalance against India is posing a big problem and steps would have to be taken to address it. India-China bilateral trade is expected to touch a record USD 60 billion this year. Sino-India trade has already crossed USD 49.84 billion this October with Indian exports alone touching USD 17 billion, while China continue to have a sway with USD 32.87 billion worth of exports.

However, India is suffering a record trade deficit of USD 15.9 billion this year. On the boundary issue, sources said the Special Representatives were making steady progress but it will take some time before a solution could be hammered out.

The sources said India and China were now in the second of the third phase outlined by the two countries in their endeavour to find a solution to the boundary question. The phase is related to laying down guiding principles in 2005, a framework bilateral agreement and implementing this pact.

The sources noted that India-China border was the most peaceful in the world. The last death on the border was in October 1975. They said the importance attached by China in developing relations with India can be gauged from the fact that eight of the nine CPC politburo members had visited India in November.


Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India

A few questions here:

1) What exactly does solve entail? Any ideas, speculations?
2) What is the cause of the trade deficit?
3) And lastly what are the phases?

Thank you in advance!

 

[The HBS Guy]

it is not a political issue.

It is!

China has also said this issue will not affect bilateral diplomatic exchanges

We'll make sure it does.

 

[JayAtl]

bah who cares. staple no staple... it's really childish of china to being with. but we can staple Tibet, Hong kong and Taiwan visas too- if it makes my fellow Indians feel better .

Whats of most importance on this visit- I want that Trade deficit with India to be addressed . that's way more important. China exports double to India vs. what they import from India. and after having watched them on the world stage Indian politicians better be smart enough to insist closing that gap!

This visit will show if Indian politicians get hoodwinked like the US did.

 

[The HBS Guy]

bah who cares. staple no staple... it's really childish of china to being with. but we can staple Tibet, Hong kong and Taiwan visas too- if it makes my fellow Indians feel better .

I do not want us to begin.

I want them to stop.

 

[SpArK]

It is!



We'll make sure it does.

oiii.. u quote as if they are my words..

owllll this is foul...

 

[The HBS Guy]

^^ lowl

 

[SpArK]

Will solve stapled visa issue: China assures India

^^ lowl

Dont repeat.. else i will staple ur visa.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

I'm not too optimistic about this visit regarding such issues.

I certainly predicts some improvements in bilateral trade.

 

[aakash_2410]

That's the way forward for both the countries! I'm sure We'wouldn't be going to nobel prize ceromony if it was yet to take place after this. :india:

 

[JayAtl]

That's the way forward for both the countries! I'm sure We'wouldn't be going to nobel prize ceromony if it was yet to take place after this. :india:

I hope India would have more integrity than to ever skip a nobel peace prize ceremony because China got its feelings hurt. Most countries would lodge a protest ( democracies) and not some ill advised macho edict to others to no go to it or else!

this was a PR blunder in my eyes, because it makes China's ruling party look small. and you can leak my statement to wikileaks

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

^^ lowl

LOL...

On topic I think it would be a good step to stop stapling visas (it's a small but meaningful concession) but there will always be other geopolitical factors at play, namely other unsolved issues and both our relationships with Pakistan.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

this was a PR blunder in my eyes, because it makes China's ruling party look small. and you can leak my statement to wikileaks

I respectfully disagree with you there, when the CCP makes their feelings public, it's almost always for a specific and calculated reason.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

real improvemnt in relation would be brought by discussing and resolving border problems, whihc is stuck for years...before it becomes a reason for souring up the relations, its better to settle it forever...but i know its not as easy as typing few words on PDF.