- Title: China says U.S. "weaponising" visas after delegation failed to get visas in time
- Date: 23rd October 2019
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "The United States is weaponising the visa issue, repeatedly disregarding its international responsibilities, obstructing normal international exchanges and cooperation, and causing damage to the legitimate legitimate rights and interests of the international community. We urge the U.S. to seriously reflect and make practical corrections." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE FLAG FLYING
- Embargoed: 6th November 2019 09:50
- Keywords: China US Visas International Astronautical Congress
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2BG1TZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The United States is "weaponising" visas, having failed to grant visas in time or at all for Chinese space officials for an international event, China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday (October 23), in the latest uptick in tensions between the two countries.
China and the United States are locked in a bitter trade dispute, which they are currently trying to resolve, and also have deep disagreements over many other areas, including human rights, the disputed South China Sea and Chinese-claimed Taiwan.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that the Chinese delegation had wanted to take part in the on-going International Astronautical Congress being held in Washington.
China had applied for the visas in July, and on Oct. 12 the delegation from the China National Space Administration went for their visa interviews at the U.S. embassy, but the head of delegation still did not have his visa as the congress began, Hua said.
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