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Xi Jinping to Visit India for BRICS Summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to India for an important BRICS meeting.
The meeting will take place in New Delhi on September 12 and 13.
It will be Xi’s first visit to India in almost seven years.
He last visited India in 2019 to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Xi and Modi may have a separate meeting during the summit.
India and China have been trying to improve relations after a serious border dispute in 2020.
The two countries also want to manage disagreements about their border and regional security.
BRICS leaders will discuss ways for emerging economies to cooperate on trade, money, technology, climate change and global issues.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi from September 12 to 13.
The visit will be Xi’s first trip to India in nearly seven years, after his 2019 meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Xi and Modi are expected to hold talks on the summit’s sidelines, with bilateral ties likely to be closely watched.
The visit comes after strained India-China relations following the 2020 Eastern Ladakh border standoff and subsequent efforts to improve ties.
The summit is expected to address BRICS cooperation, including trade, finance, technology, climate change and international issues.
- Who
- Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BRICS leaders.
- What
- Xi Jinping will visit India to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and is expected to meet Modi.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- When
- September 12-13, 2026; it will be Xi’s first India visit in nearly seven years.
- Why
- To attend the BRICS summit and support cooperation while India and China work to stabilize their bilateral relationship.
Key facts
- Summit
- 18th BRICS Summit
- Dates
- September 12-13, 2026
- Host
- India, the current BRICS chair
- Xi’s last India visit
- 2019, for an informal summit with Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram
- Bilateral context
- Relations deteriorated after the 2020 Eastern Ladakh border standoff, followed by efforts to improve ties
- Expected bilateral meeting
- Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi are expected to hold talks on the sidelines
- Reported trade figure
- India-China bilateral trade reached $155 billion last year, according to Chinese customs data
Quotes
India’s Ministry of External Affairs
India’s foreign ministry, commenting on NSA Ajit Doval’s visit to Beijing
“Both sides expressed satisfaction at the steady resumption of people-to-people and cross-border exchanges, including the ongoing Kailash Manasarovar Yatra and Border Trade through the three designated border trading passes.”
businesstoday.in
“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,”
NDTV
Guo Jia-kun
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“I have no information to provide regarding the question you raised,”
NDTV
Sources
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