China halts short-term visas in South Korea, first response to Covid curbs | World News,The Indian Express
The announcement comes a day after Foreign Minister Qin Gang expressed concern about the restrictions in a telephone call with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin, according to China's foreign ministry.
The embassy will adjust the policy subject to the lifting of South Korea’s “discriminatory entry restrictions” against China, it said on its official WeChat account.
A Chinese embassy official confirmed the new measure.
The announcement comes a day after Foreign Minister Qin Gang expressed concern about the restrictions in a telephone call with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin, according to China’s foreign ministry.
“Our government’s enhanced quarantine measures on travellers from China are based on scientific and objective evidence,” Lim Soo-suk, a spokesperson for Seoul’s foreign ministry, told a regular briefing following the announcement.
“We have been transparently exchanging related information with the international community, and have also been communicating with the Chinese side.”
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