The Ministry of External Affairs hoped that the Chinese facilitate the continued presence of Indian journalists in Beijing on Thursday.
Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson for the External Ministry, made the remarks after China decided to ‘freeze’ the visas of two Indian journalists.
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In terms of Indian journalists, he said, “We hope that Chinese authorities will continue to facilitate their presence and reporting from China.” He added that the Ministry of External Affairs is in contact with Chinese authorities about this.
While defending its recent decision to block the visas of two Indian correspondents, China has asked India for reciprocal actions to facilitate its journalists in India.
Ananth Krishnan, the China correspondent for The Hindu, and Anshuman Mishra, the Beijing-based correspondent for Prasar Bharati, had their visas frozen by Chinese officials on Tuesday. They were currently in India on leave and are unable to return to China until further orders.
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Moa Ning said in a media briefing that for long-time Chinese journalists have allegedly received “unfair and discriminatory treatment in India,” when asked about the reason for the suspension of their visa.
Moa Ning also claimed that in 2017, India reduced the visa period for Chinese journalists from three months to one month and that in 2020, India refused to approve Chinese journalists applications to visit India.
