{"id":7367,"date":"2023-09-24T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/asia-olympic-council-looking-into-indian-athletes-china-visa-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T13:00:06","slug":"asia-olympic-council-looking-into-indian-athletes-china-visa-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/asia-olympic-council-looking-into-indian-athletes-china-visa-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Olympic council \u2018looking into\u2019 Indian athletes\u2019 China visa issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Asian Games organisers are examining the issue of three Indian athletes unable to join the games in China due to a visa problem, acting OCA President Raja Randhir Singh said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOCA is looking into it, definitely,\u201d as well as organisers and the government, Singh told a press conference in the eastern Chinese host city, Hangzhou.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince it\u2019s a diplomatic issue, they\u2019re looking into it. And hopefully, let\u2019s see, (whether) something good comes out of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The three wushu fighters from the state of Arunachal Pradesh were issued stapled visas instead of stamped ones, India\u2019s foreign ministry said. India does not accept stapled visas as valid.<\/p>\n
Wei Jizhong, chairman of the OCA\u2019s ethics committee, told reporters last week that China did not refuse entry to the athletes.<\/p>\n