BRICS Summit: PM Modi to meet China's Xi today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS summit at Xiamen.
"PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to hold bilateral meeting at 12:30pm (10am IST) tomorrow in Xiamen," MEA officials told PTI on Monday.
Earlier in the day, China had also indicated that there will be a meeting between President Xi and PM Modi during the five-nation plenary, but declined to say whether the Dokalam issue will figure in their talks.
"I believe my colleagues have said from this podium that as a host China will arrange meetings with participating leaders," foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told the media here, replying to a question about a possible Modi-Xi meeting.
Geng had not specified when the meeting would be held.
Prime
Minister
Modi
is
in
Xiamen
to
attend
the
annual
summit
of
BRICS
-
Brazil,
Russia,
India,
China
and
South
Africa
-
a
grouping
of
the
five
emerging
economies.
The
summit
attended
by
Modi
along
with
leaders
of
the
five
countries
is
due
to
end
on
Tuesday.
Geng
evaded
a
direct
answer
to
a
question
whether
the
recent
bilateral
tensions
over
Dokalam
standoff
would
figure
in
the
talks
between
the
two
leaders.
"Details
of
the
meeting
we
will
release
in
due
course,"
he
said.
The meet comes days after India and China last month ended a 73-day standoff in Doklam by withdrawing troops from the area.
PTI