New Delhi, Dec 30 (ANI): Reacting to travel alerts
issued by the USA and the UK to their citizens
visiting India, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna
on Wednesday reiterated that India is a safe
country.
Interacting with the media here, Krishna said the
US and UK have recommended that their citizens
defer all non-essential travel to southern Andhra
Pradesh, which is witnessing violence over the
demand of a separate state Telangana.
Krishna also assured foreign visitors that they are
totally safe in the country.
"India is a very safe country; you can find
thousands of foreigners who have been freely
going about wherever they feel like. I would like
to assure the foreign tourists, visitors and others
that they don''t have to worry about it," Krishna
said.
He also said that India wants to maintain cordial
relations with China, even after China agreed to
supply 36 J-10 fighter aircraft to India''s arch-foe
Pakistan.
"Let us not get it into another speculative area. I
have said that and I want to repeat it again in the
dying days of 2009 that India-China border is
peaceful, it is tranquillised and it is India''s desire
to maintain and tranquillity at our border and we
will continue to do it," Krishna noted.
Mentioning Minister of State for External Affairs
Shashi Tharoor''s statement on the visa policy
that he spelt out in the free social networking and
micro-blogging service - Twitter, Krishna said:
"There could be certain perceptions as I have said
in my statement earlier."
"There are different perceptions and I think that
there are methods and procedures where we
could sort out those issues and I am sure that Mr.
Tharoor understands that," he added. (ANI)
issued by the USA and the UK to their citizens
visiting India, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna
on Wednesday reiterated that India is a safe
country.
Interacting with the media here, Krishna said the
US and UK have recommended that their citizens
defer all non-essential travel to southern Andhra
Pradesh, which is witnessing violence over the
demand of a separate state Telangana.
Krishna also assured foreign visitors that they are
totally safe in the country.
"India is a very safe country; you can find
thousands of foreigners who have been freely
going about wherever they feel like. I would like
to assure the foreign tourists, visitors and others
that they don''t have to worry about it," Krishna
said.
He also said that India wants to maintain cordial
relations with China, even after China agreed to
supply 36 J-10 fighter aircraft to India''s arch-foe
Pakistan.
"Let us not get it into another speculative area. I
have said that and I want to repeat it again in the
dying days of 2009 that India-China border is
peaceful, it is tranquillised and it is India''s desire
to maintain and tranquillity at our border and we
will continue to do it," Krishna noted.
Mentioning Minister of State for External Affairs
Shashi Tharoor''s statement on the visa policy
that he spelt out in the free social networking and
micro-blogging service - Twitter, Krishna said:
"There could be certain perceptions as I have said
in my statement earlier."
"There are different perceptions and I think that
there are methods and procedures where we
could sort out those issues and I am sure that Mr.
Tharoor understands that," he added. (ANI)
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