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China clears path for Indian pilgrims

Relations between India and China soured after the 2020 clash between troops along their border in the Himalayas, which killed 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese.

China Opens Travel Access for Indian Pilgrims to Sacred Sites

Kailash and Lake Manasarovar are revered sites in Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism and other faiths.

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CHINA’S foreign ministry announced on Monday (28) that Indian pilgrims would be able to travel to holy sites in Tibet for the first time in five years this summer, in the latest sign of warming relations between the two countries.

Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar in China’s Tibet region are important in many religions, including Tibetan Buddhism and Hinduism, but Indian pilgrims had been unable to cross the border since 2020 owing to the pandemic and geopolitical tensions.


“The pilgrimage of Indian devotees to the sacred mountains and lakes in Tibet is an important part of cultural exchange between China and India,” Guo Jiakun, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told a regular press conference, while announcing the resumption of the annual event that usually runs from June to September.

“China is willing to work with India to earnestly implement the important consensus reached by the two countries’ leaders,” he added, referring to a meeting last October between Chinese president Xi Jinping and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi that ended a five-year break in leader-to-leader meetings.

Relations between India and China soured after the 2020 clash between troops along their border in the Himalayas, which killed 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese.

But several high-level meetings have taken place since Xi and Modi met last year.

In December, China and India reached a six-point consensus on their border during a meeting in Beijing in which they also agreed to promote the resumption of Indian pilgrims’ visits to Tibet.

And in January, the two countries agreed to work on resolving trade and economic differences and to resume direct air services, following a visit by India’s foreign secretary to Beijing.

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