Hope countries will lift curbs on India soon, says MEA on international travel

The Union ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thursday said it hopes that other countries would ease the travel restrictions on India with the Covid-19 situation in the country “vastly improved”. The ministry also said that the issue is being taken up with partners including those in the Gulf.

“As we have said earlier, we hope that with the vastly improved Covid situation in India, countries would ease restrictions for travel from India. We have been taking up this issue with foreign partners wherever possible,” news agency PTI quoted Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson for the external ministry, as saying. Bagchi said this in response to a question about the problems faced by Indian citizens travelling abroad, especially to Gulf countries.