It includes a busy schedule of bilateral diplomatic meetings at Hyderabad House followed by core multilateral sessions and a joint tree-planting ceremony at Bharat Mandapam. BRICS Summit: Today, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, will participate in the opening sessions of the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi.
10:00 AM – Ethiopia diplomacy: The Prime Minister begins his diplomatic meetings at Hyderabad House by meeting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. 10:30 AM – Southeast Asia partners: The diplomatic meetings continue in the morning through the Prime Minister meeting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim followed by discussions with Vietnamese representative Le Minh Hung. 11:00 AM – Gulf state diplomacy: The Prime Minister will meet Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, while Indian President Droupadi Murmu meets Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 5:45 PM – Modi-Xi diplomacy: The highlight of the diplomatic activity of the day is Modi’s bilateral discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Bharat Mandapam.
