New Delhi, April 17 -- After years of being held following the COVID-19 outbreak, Kailash Mansarovar Yatra may soon resume for public, informed Ministy of External Affairs on Thursday.

Briefing a press conference, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We will soon issue a notice for the public on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. There is a possibility of resumption of the Yatra soon."

Earlier in January, India and China had decided to resume the yatra and agreed in-principle to restore direct flights. The decisions were announced after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri held wide-ranging talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing.

The Yatra has not taken place since 2020 following the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequen...