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Xi Visits India for BRICS Summit and Modi Talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting India for an important BRICS meeting.
He is expected to talk with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This is Xi’s first visit to India in almost seven years.
India and China have been trying to improve relations after a border dispute in 2020.
Officials from both countries recently discussed the border and ways to keep peace there.
China says the two countries should communicate more and cooperate.
The BRICS countries will also discuss world problems and how their group should work together.
China will lead BRICS after the New Delhi summit.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, his first India visit in nearly seven years.
Xi is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the summit’s sidelines.
The visit comes as India and China seek to normalize relations after the 2020 Eastern Ladakh standoff.
China says it will improve communication, expand cooperation, and properly manage differences with India.
The summit will discuss global challenges, BRICS cooperation, and China’s proposals for the grouping’s future development.
- Who
- Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and leaders of the BRICS countries.
- What
- Xi is attending the 18th BRICS Summit and is scheduled to hold talks with Modi.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- When
- The summit is scheduled for September 12 and 13, 2026; Xi departed for New Delhi on Saturday morning.
- Why
- The visit aims to advance BRICS cooperation and support efforts to stabilize India-China relations, including discussions on their boundary issues.
Key facts
- Event
- 18th BRICS Summit
- Host
- India, which holds the 2026 BRICS chairmanship
- Xi’s visit
- His first visit to India in nearly seven years
- Bilateral meeting
- Xi is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- India-China talks
- The two sides reached an eight-point consensus during Special Representatives’ talks on August 25
- BRICS expansion
- The group added Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia between 2024 and 2025
- Next chair
- China will take over the rotating BRICS chair after the summit
Quotes
Mao Ning
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“China will work with India to act on the strategic guidance of the two leaders, handle bilateral relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective, step up communication, enhance cooperation, properly handle differences, and be friends enjoying good-neighbourliness and partners helping each other succeed,”
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“We are committed to promoting the political settlement of hotspot issues through dialogue. We look forward to working with fellow BRICS countries to promote dialogue and negotiation to resolve differences and jointly safeguard regional and global peace and stability,”
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