China finally gets MEA nod for Aero India show

In a last-minute change,India has allowed Chinas participation in the biennial air show Aero India in Bangalore,beginning later this week.

As reported by The Indian Express,China did not figure in the list of countries when the names of participants were released by the Defence Ministry last week. A senior Defence Ministry official had said that the Chinese delegation had not been cleared by the External Affairs Ministry,leading to speculation that New Delhi might be responding to Beijings controversial visa policy with regard to Indian residents of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh.

A Defence Ministry official on Sunday said the Chinese delegation had finally been cleared by the Ministry of External Affairs,paving the way for its participation in the air show. He said it was only a matter of procedural delay at the MEA but did not specify what caused the delay.

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The government has also decided to ensure that Chinese journalists wanting to cover the event will get accreditation. Initially,the online application for journalists did not have China in the list of countries,thereby ruling out their accreditation.

The government has now decided to rectify this.

This years event will be the largest-ever edition of the show that started in 1998. The number of exhibitors is up from 581 last year to 675 this year but the real jump is in the number of business visitors that is expected to double to 70,000,indicating that Aero India is fast picking up as a serious business event for the airline-related industry.

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