Prime Minister Modi Holds Talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit

BRICS Summit Update: Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping Engage in Strategic Dialogue

Relations between India and China have been strained since the Indian and Chinese armies clashed at Galwan Valley in 2020. At the BRICS summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a brief conversation as they shared the stage in South Africa. The China Foreign Ministry said the two country leaders had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on the current relations between India and China.

• Wang Webin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping talked with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit.

• President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of improving the relationship between India and China for the people of the two countries. Peace, stability, and development of the world and the region

• Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping, the two country leaders, spoke for the first time after the meeting last night at the G20 dinner in Bali.

• The two leaders agreed with their direct officials in their countries to work on expeditious disengagement along the LAC. The tensions have been high since June 2020, when the two countries clashed in the eastern Ladakh Galwan valley.

• The Indian Foreign Secretariat’s Vinay Kwatra said Modi, speaking to Jinping, highlighted India’s concerns about the unresolved issues along the LAC.

President Xi Jinping talked with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit at the latter’s request on August 23, 2023.

The two leaders had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on current China-India relations and other questions of shared interest. President Xi stressed that improving China-India relations serves the common interests of the two countries and peoples and is also conducive to peace, stability, and development of the world and the region. the statement read on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s official website

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Kwatra said The prime minister underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship. In this regard, the two leaders agreed to direct relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation.