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"FTA not agreement of immigration, visas are sovereign decisions": MEA on India-New Zealand agreement

Auckland: Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that immigration was the most misunderstood part of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Ministry differentiated between immigration and 'mobility of skilled manpower', with commitments for the latter already put in the FTA.

Addressing a special media briefing during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to New Zealand, Secretary (East) in the MEA, Rudrendra Tandon said that visas are a sovereign decision of a country.

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