Kazan: At the 16th BRICS Summit (16th BRICS Summit 2024) in Kazan, Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Modi In BRICS) and Chinese President Xi Jinping today held their first bilateral meeting in Russia since 2019.

Indian Prime Minister Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping that maintaining peace and stability on the border should be our priority. We believe that India-China relations are important not only for our people, but also for peace, stability and development.

PM Narendra Modi wrote on his official X handle that met President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Kazan BRICS Summit. India-China relations are important for the people of our countries and for regional and global peace and stability. Mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity will guide bilateral relations.

What did Jinping say to PM Modi?

During the bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that I am very happy to meet you in Kazan. This is our first formal meeting in the last five years. The people of both our countries and the international community are paying great attention to our meeting.

What did the Foreign Ministry say on PM Modi's meeting?

The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Foreign Ministry said that Prime Minister Modi stressed on peace and stability on the border. The PM said that the differences should be resolved in a proper manner. The Foreign Ministry has said that representatives of both countries will soon hold talks on the border dispute.

Improvement in relations between the two countries

The bilateral talks between PM Modi and Xi Jinping took place on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan. The talks came less than 72 hours after a breakthrough at both diplomatic and military levels ensured that ties between the two countries are on the mend.

Talk on LAC

Let us tell you that on Tuesday, China also publicly acknowledged that an agreement has been reached between the two countries to resolve the four-year-old dispute on the Line of Actual Control (in the area of ​​​​East Ladakh) with India. China has also said that it will work with India to implement this agreement. This was announced by India a day earlier.

Thousands of soldiers deployed on the border

The breakthrough in the patrolling arrangement comes four years after the clash in Galwan Valley and is a step towards reducing tensions in the region where both countries have deployed thousands of troops along the border. The meeting underlined the improvement in India-China relations after a consensus was reached on the patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control.

met at BRICS

The Indian government and Chinese state media said the two leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, two days after New Delhi announced it had struck a deal with Beijing to resolve a four-year military standoff on their disputed Himalayan border.

This is how the LAC issue was resolved

It is worth noting that India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had said a day earlier that after continuous talks between the foreign ministries and military commanders of India and China, an agreement has been reached to carry out patrolling in the context of the dispute going on since 2020. This will open the way to restore the situation before 2020 on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Video of the meeting between PM Modi and Xi Jinping