Indians, Chinese can soon visit Brazil sans visas
Beijing: Chinese and Indian tourists would be exempted from visas to enter Brazil for tourism or business, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced. Earlier this year, the Brazilian government ended visa requirements for tourists and businesspeople from the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Those countries, however, have not in return dropped their visa requirements for Brazilian citizens.
Beijing, Oct 25: Chinese and Indian tourists would be exempted from visas to enter Brazil for tourism or business, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced.
Earlier this year, the Brazilian government ended visa requirements for tourists and businesspeople from the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Those countries, however, have not in return dropped their visa requirements for Brazilian citizens.
“There will be no reciprocity in the beginning. US, Australia, Japan, and Canada are already exempt from short-term tourist and business visas. The next country should be India,” he said on Thursday during a meeting here, according to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the
◗ Bolsonaro has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements of developed countries. But this announcement is the first he has made expanding that policy to the developing world.
year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries. But the announcement, made during an official visit to China, is the first he has made expanding that policy to the developing world.
China has a population of about 1.39 billion people, while India has 1.3 billion. Both India and China are part of Brics - an association of five major emerging national economies including Brazil, Russia and South Africa.
Bolsonaro on Friday met President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang during his first official visit to China. Brazilian and Chinese leaders emphasised continued cooperation between emerging economies in the face of protectionism worldwide.
The announcement from Brazil came ahead of the upcoming Brics summit that will be held in Brazil which is expected to boost intra-Brics ties.