NEW DELHI: India is refraining from openly criticising China despite it emerging as the biggest opponent to New Delhi's NSG membership bid. In addition, Chinese sailors docking off India would find it easier to come ashore with quick visas being available to them. This has made NSG entry marginally easier for India. In the past few days, India has eased up on China — making it easier for Chinese scholars to come to India on conference visas, which has been a long-standing grouse against the Indian system. The SCO secretary-general Rashid Alimov was quoted as saying India and Pakistan had completed their agreements in principle for joining.The preliminary technical meeting of the NSG in Vienna on Thursday discussed the new applications from India, Pakistan and Namibia.

Source: Times of India June 10, 2016 20:06 UTC