Brics Summit 2026: Xi Jinping leaves for New Delhi, set to meet PM Modi
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday morning to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.
He is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the summit.
Xi left Beijing on Saturday morning to attend the BRICS Summit in New Delhi at the invitation of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
His entourage includes close associate Cai Qi, who is a member of the high-powered Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, Foreign Minister and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the news report said.
This is President Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years.
Asked how China viewed the Modi-Xi meeting, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here that this will be the third year in a row the two leaders meet, after their meetings in Kazan and .
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