India had finalised a new liberal visa regime with Pakistan and waiting for the response of Pakistan, said Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday.
“We have already finalised a new liberal visa regime for Pakistan wherein easy visas will be given to businessmen, children, the elderly and spouses,” an Indian news website quoted him as saying.
P Chidambaram, who inaugurated the Integrated Check Post (ICP), said, “I have been told that before finalising their liberal visa regime, Pakistan has to take it up in its cabinet. I hope that it is through soon and in a couple of months both countries sign the liberal visa regime.”
The Indian minster said that wars are not the solution, it is trade that unites people. Stressing the need of ICP, he assured that it had the potential to boost trade between the two countries.
“I would like to ask the commerce ministers of both India and Pakistan to create such an environment that all barriers are removed,” he said.
In an answer to a question regarding narcotic smuggling through the border, he said it was crucial to bar the youth of both countries from using drugs. However, there would be strict check and balance to curb the smuggling.
Pakistan Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim lauded the efforts made by both countries in order to promote trade.
The economies of India and Pakistan would be boosted with the help of ICP, it was a trade route between the Punjabs of both countries which could strengthen ties between the two nations, he added.
Commerce ministers of both countries have already decided in principle to give multiple visas to traders, he said.
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