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The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday sought “assurances” from China that Indian citizens transiting through Chinese airports will not be “selectively targeted, arbitrarily detained or harassed” and that Beijing will “respect” regulations governing international air travel.

Addressing the weekly press briefing, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also issued a travel advisory warning Indians travelling to or transiting through China to “exercise due discretion.”

Jaiswal was responding to media queries when asked what the MEA recommends for Indian nationals travelling to or through China after an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Wangjom Thongdok, was detained at Shanghai Airport for 18 hours last month, with Chinese officials claiming her Indian passport was inval

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