India’s Modi holds bilateral talks with China’s Xi in Russia

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From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take part in a photo ceremony before a plenary session of the BRICS 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia on Oct. 23, 2024. (Sputnik via Reuters)
  • Meeting took place on the sidelines of the three-day BRICS gathering

KAZAN, Russia: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held their first bilateral meeting in five years, days after their countries reached a deal on their contested border.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the three-day BRICS gathering hosted by President Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Kazan, an Indian foreign ministry official said in a statement.