Amid a thaw in ties with China and record-high US tariffs, India has moved to reduce process time for business visas to Chinese executives. By reducing administrative vetting, India plans to issue business visas to Chinese entities within a month, according to a report by news agency Reuters.

"We have removed the layer of administrative vetting and are processing the business visas within four weeks," one of the two Indian officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

China's foreign ministry said it had noticed "positive action" from India to "facilitate people-to-people exchanges in the common interest".

"China is willing to maintain communication and consultation with India to continuously enhance the level of facilitation of exchanges," said ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, acc

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