The issue resurfaced after three wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh, who were to take part in the World University Games beginning on Friday in Chengdu, were issued 'stapled visas' by the Chinese embassy, which led to the entire team being held back while the players from other sports left the country.바카라 웹사이트
The Indian government on Thursday expressed its displeasure over China's decision to issue stapled visas바카라 웹사이트to Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh. The Ministry of External Affairs has summoned the Chinese ambassador to India to lodge a protest.바카라 웹사이트In the past too, there were instances of China issuing stapled visas to Indians from Arunachal Pradesh that drew sharp reactions from New Delhi.
The controversy comes even as바카라 웹사이트China continues to lay claims over Arunachal Pradesh saying it is part of Southern Tibet.바카라 웹사이트In April, India outrightly rejected China's renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state is an integral part of India and assigning "invented" names does not alter this reality.
A ‘stapled visa’ is a visa that is attached by a pin or a staple바카라 웹사이트to a separate piece of paper instead of being stamped directly in the passport. Such a visa does not leave a permanent trace on one's passport as opposed to the stamped visa. It simply does not leave any proof of the trip carried out by the stapled visa holder.바카라 웹사이트
According to various media reports, the바카라 웹사이트Chinese government has routinely바카라 웹사이트issued바카라 웹사이트stapled visas to Indian nationals from Arunachal Pradesh and바카라 웹사이트Jammu바카라 웹사이트and Kashmir ever since 2008-09.바카라 웹사이트While it claims that the the visas are valid documents, the Government of India has consistently refused to accept this position.
In 2013,바카라 웹사이트The New York Times바카라 웹사이트published an account of a Kashmiri man who claimed he had been issued a stapled visa by the Chinese embassy in New바카라 웹사이트Delhi바카라 웹사이트and had been stopped at the airport in September 2009.
The stapled visa issue serves as a reminder regarding the ongoing border standoff between India and China over Arunachal Pradesh.바카라 웹사이트By issuing stapled visas to Indians from Arunachal Pradesh,바카라 웹사이트the바카라 웹사이트Chinese government reiterates that바카라 웹사이트it does not recognise India라이브 바카라 claim over the state. The Indian government says that the ‘stapled visa’ issue is a political tool that China uses to assert its claim over Arunachal Pradesh.바카라 웹사이트
The point of contention between the two countries has been the McMahon바카라 웹사이트Line, which is the boundary between Tibet and British India that was agreed upon at the Convention Between Great Britain, China and Tibet at the Simla Convention of 1914.바카라 웹사이트China바카라 웹사이트challenges the legal status of the McMahon Line and has made periodic efforts to claim this part of the India territory.바카라 웹사이트It refers to Arunachal Pradesh as Zangnan. Beijing claims Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, a claim firmly rejected by the External Affairs Ministry which has asserted that the state is an “inseparable part of India”.바카라 웹사이트Beijing routinely protests visits of top Indian leaders and officials to Arunachal Pradesh to reaffirm its claim.
"Our long-standing and consistent position is that there should be no discrimination or differential treatment on the basis of domicile or ethnicity in the visa regime for Indian citizens holding valid Indian passports,"바카라 웹사이트External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.바카라 웹사이트
The issue resurfaced after three wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh, who were to take part in the World University Games beginning on Friday in Chengdu, were issued 'stapled visas' by the Chinese embassy, which led to the entire team being held back while the players from other sports left the country.바카라 웹사이트
A Wushu Association of India official said unlike other multi-sport events like the Asian Games or Olympics, the accreditation of the players and officials for the World University Games is to be collected at the venue and they needed to apply for visas.
In the past also, in case of events held under the aegis of the Asian or world governing bodies of a particular sport, China had issued 'stapled visas' to players from Arunachal Pradesh.
In 2011, an official of the Indian Weightlifting Federation hailing from Arunachal Pradesh and a weightlifter from the same state were to travel to China to take part in a grand prix event in China but they missed out after they were issued 'stapled visa'.
The same year, five karate players from Arunachal Pradesh who were to travel to China for a championship met with the same fate, as also two young archers who were to take part in the Youth World Archery Championship.