‘Australian govt appreciates New Delhi’s assistance on Avani Dias visa issue’
Hindustan TimesNEW DELHI: Days after Australian journalist Avani Dias claimed she had to “abruptly” leave India as authorities purportedly said her visa wouldn’t be extended, people familiar with the matter said the Australian government appreciated the Indian side’s “assistance and cooperation” in the matter. Avani Dias contended in a post on X on Tuesday that her visa was extended for two months after the intervention of the Australian government “less than 24 hours before my flight” Dias, who worked in India as the South Asia bureau chief for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since January 2022, left the country last week. The people cited above said in response to a query from HT that the Australian government had been working with the Indian government and ABC on a visa extension for a journalist from Australian national broadcaster and “appreciated the ministry of external affairs’s assistance and cooperation”. Earlier, an Indian government official who declined to be named described Dias’s contention that she wasn’t allowed to cover India’s general election and was compelled to leave the country as “not correct”.
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