“We will soon send notice to the public on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. It will be possible to resume Yatra soon,” said MEA spokesman Randhir Jaiswal.
Regarding the resumption of direct flight, another confidence-building measure between the peoples of the two countries, he said: “In principle, both countries agreed that flight operations will be restored. Both technical teams are studying technical arrangements for the restoration of flight services. The two civil aviation authorities have met and discussed relevant models, including updated frameworks, including updated frameworks.”
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has not happened since 2020, as the outbreak in 1920 was in 1920.
In January, India and China decided to resume Yatra and agreed in principle to resume direct flights. The decisions were announced after talks between Foreign Minister Vikram Misri and Beijing Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Weidong.
In March, they accelerated the process of resuming cross-border cooperation and exchanges, including in the cross-border rivers and Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, to measure measures to stabilize the tie. The discussion was held last month as part of the 33rd working mechanism for consultation and coordination of India-India border affairs in Beijing. The Indian delegation was headed by Hong Liang, Minister of Border and Ocean Affairs of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was led by Hong Liang at its March meeting. The 18th RIC Conference was held in November 2021 in digital video conference format.
