Type: Parliament Questions and Answers

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether India has given green signal for cricket match between India and Pakistan, if so, the cities where these matches would be played;

(b) whether India would provide visa to spectators coming from Pakistan for all the matches, if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether these matches would foster the goodwill between the common people of India and Pakistan; and

(d) if so, the reasons for reluctancy in providing visa for all the matches?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
(SHRI E. AHAMED)

(a) & (b)Government has given clearance to BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for Pakistan Cricket Team’s tour to India to participate in three One Day Internationals and two Twenty-Twenty matches from December 25, 2012 to January 6, 2013. The matches will be played in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. The issue of visas to Pakistani nationals coming to India to watch cricket matches at various venues will be in accordance with extant rules and regulations.

(c) Government continues to take steps to enhance and facilitate contacts between peoples of the two countries who lie at the heart of the bilateral relationship, including promotion of sporting ties.

(d) Does not arise.

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