New Delhi: According to a global ranking, Singapore passport is the most powerful in the world and thus an Asian country has joined the list for the first time in Global Passport Power Rank 2017.

India has been ranked on 75th number in this list with a jump of three places compared to last year in Global Passport Power Rank 2017 throughout the world.

Now according to ‘Global Passport Power Rank 2017’ that was conducted by Global Financial Advisory Company, Aarton Capital, Germany ranked second in this list, Sweden and South Korea at third position.

Let us tell you that this is for the first time that any Asian country has the world’s most powerful passport in this region and it has been possible because of improvement in diplomatic relations and effective foreign policy between India-Singapore.

Last year Indian Passport was ranked on number 78th, and this year it has improved its ranking to 75th position.

The United Arab Emirates’s passport ranking advanced in 2017 to the first spot in the Arab world and 22nd globally, according to Global Passport Power Rank 2017.

Indian Passport jumps to three spot forward in Global Passport Power Rank 2017:

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) recently launched the UAE Passport Force initiative, with the view to place the State’s passport on the list of the five most important passports in the world by 2021.

Ahmed Saeed Elham Al Dhaheri, Assistant Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs at the ministry, said that the ranking of the UAE passport as the first Arab passport and 22nd globally, according to Arton Capital Passport Index 2017, “is one of the most important achievements of the UAE diplomacy led, by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.”

Al Dhahiri added that these achievements are directly reflected on the citizen’s happiness through travel facilitation to the largest number of countries around the world, said the report on Friday.

The UAE passport allows its holder to visit 128 countries around the world without a pre-entry visa requirement.

The official noted that this status did not come from a vacuum, but through remarkable efforts and huge economic development achievements.

“These great accomplishments reflect the strategic, political, economic, social and cultural dimensions, with important implications in terms of prestige and appreciation, being enjoyed by the UAE at international level.”