India and China are in talks to hold a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the summit, which is being held in the national capital on September 12 and 13. New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit could lead to a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Xi’s visit on Thursday (September 10). There was a brief interaction between the two leaders at the SCO Summit in Bishkek on September 1.
Xu said Beijing wants to build a constructive relationship with New Delhi and follow the direction set by the two countries’ top leaders. It said the president will travel to India at PM Modi’s invitation to attend the BRICS Summit. “At the invitation of Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi from September 12 to 13,” the statement said. He thanked the prime minister for the invitation and said China would support India’s BRICS presidency. “Last year, President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Modi that China and India are cooperation partners, not rivals, and that the two countries are each other’s development opportunities rather than threats. He also said peace along the India-China border is important for the relationship between the two countries.
The interaction came after Modi invited him to attend the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. This perspective is in keeping with the long history of mutually beneficial contact between our two civilisations,” he wrote.
They shook hands before the group photograph, with Russian President Vladimir Putin also joining them.
