First Since Border Breakthrough: PM Modi, Xi To Meet Tomorrow At BRICS

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russiaon Wednesday. The meeting will underscore the upturn in India-China relations following the successful patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control that had faced multiple hiccups over the last few years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia’s KazanWednesday, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said on Tuesday.

“I can confirm that there will be a bilateral meeting held between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit,” Misri was quoted by ANI as saying

Both leaders are in Russia’s Kazan, where Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazil’s Lula da Silva, and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa are also attending the meet.