China and Tonga Sign Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement Featured
Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga and H.E. Mr. Huang Huaguang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Tonga
Nuku'alofa, 9 June 2016. China and Tonga signed the Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement for Ordinary Passport Holders in Nuku’alofa, the Kingdom of Tonga.
Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga and H.E. Mr. Huang Huaguang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Tonga jointly singed the Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade earlier this afternoon.
According to the Agreement, citizens from China and Tonga shall be exempted from visa requirement for entry into, from or transit through the territory of the other for a period of stay not exceeding 30 days. If the citizens stay longer than 30 days or engaged in study, residence or employment, it shall be approved in advance.
The agreement would enter into force after the domestic requirements have been complied with. In 2012, China and Tonga had signed similar agreement that focused on visa exemption for Diplomatic, Official or Service Passports and Passports for Public Affairs.
After the ceremony, Hon. ’Akilisi Pohiva said, “this is indeed a milestone in Tonga-China relation as it further promote our friendly association, boosts tourism and other related sectors, contributes to the growth of the economy and facilitates our people-to-people exchanges.”
H.E. Mr. Huang agreed that the Agreement would further facilitate the exchange of visits by our citizens and is a new achievements of China-Tonga cooperation. He also mentioned that China is now the largest tourism market in the world and the Agreement would further promote the tourism cooperation between two countries.
PRC Embassy, Tonga
15 comments
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'Oku lolotonga feauhi 'ae ng Fonua 'oe Pasifiki pea pehee ki NZ n Aussie kihe Maketi Lelei taha mo tupu fkutuutu ae folau 'eve'eva ka ko China. Pea 'oku ngatu 'ae ng Fonua ni teuteu moe ng founga fkmaketi ke tohoaki'i mai 'ae kau folau 'eve'eva mai 'a China.
"oku tau tui fkpapau 'e Tokoni Lahi 'eni kihe Langa 'oe Taki Mamata. pea fenapasi moe Kave'inga 'oe Folofola Hu'ufi 'oe Falealea 2016 'e King Tupou VI. -
Ko e kii faka'alinga lelei pe ia ke fakapuloui aki e tutu e u falekoloa Siaina he 1611
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"Two legs good, four legs better", this government is a replica of Owell's Animal Farm, and the pm is no other than Napoleon the chief pig. I highly recommend to those who haven't read Animal Farm to get hold of copy and you will notice that we are repeating what Russia went through before, during and after the revolution of 1917. The double faced, treacherous, deceitful communists in the form of pigs misled, lied to, tyrranised and eventually enslaved ordinary people with their selfish and self promoting ideologies. This is what this government is doing here in Tonga. After years of condemning, hating and criminalisiing the Chinese and everyone associated with Chinese they suddenly turned round and jumped into bed with them. And the message? hypocrisy and greed are the order of the day. Now we see the pigs as who they really are.
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PM faikehe mo taemahino lahi mooni. Lolotonga ene ita mo fktotoloi e fktau paasipooti kihe kau Siaina ihe kuohili, ko eni kuo fkava e ia e matapaa ke hu tavale tae visa mai a kau siaina ki Tonga ni. Lolotonga e hanu ae kakai moe ngaahi pisini Tonga ihe nonoo kinautolu ehe ngaahi pisinisi Siaina, alu ia o fkafei mai e palopalema ke toe lahi ange.
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Lolotonga pe ho'o mamahi loi he tokolahi e kau Siaina i Tonga ni Akilisi ke tu'u atu o momoi atu e fo'i faingamalie koena. Maalie mu'a 'ofafonua mo faitotonu angatonu ee