PM Modi-Xi Jinping Talk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM Modi in BRICS) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (China President Xi Jinping) held their first bilateral meeting since 2019 at the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
Indian Prime Minister Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping that maintaining peace and stability on the border should be our priority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, 'Nice to meet you… We believe that relations between India and China are important not only for our people but also for global peace, stability and progress.'
PM Narendra Modi has written on his official X handle that he met President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Kazan BRICS summit. India-China relations are vital 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 Xi Jinping say to PM Modi?
During the bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, “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 close attention to our meeting.
President Xi Jinping said, 'China and India are both ancient civilizations, major developing countries and important members of the Global South. We are both at important stages in our respective modernization efforts. It best serves the fundamental interests of our two countries and peoples.
Bilateral talks were held between PM Modi and Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit in Kazan city of Russia, which Relations between the two countries have improved The talks took place in less than 72 hours, ensuring that relations between the two countries are improving at diplomatic and military levels.
Speaking on LAC
China also publicly acknowledged on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached between the two countries to resolve the four-year-old dispute with India on the Line of Actual Control (in the eastern Ladakh region). China has also said that it will work together with India to implement this agreement. India had announced this a day ago.
Thousands of soldiers deployed on the border
Four years after the Galwan Valley clash, the patrolling arrangement is a success and a step towards reducing tensions in the area where both countries have deployed thousands of troops along the border. In the meeting, emphasis was laid on improving India-China relations after consensus was reached on patrolling arrangements on the Line of Actual Control.
BRICS meeting
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 would sign a deal with Beijing to resolve the four-year-old military problem. Has reached. There has been a standoff on its disputed Himalayan border
This is how the LAC issue was resolved
It is noteworthy that a day earlier, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had said that after continuous talks between the foreign ministries of India and China, an agreement has been reached on patrolling in the context of the dispute that has been going on since 2020. And military commander. This will pave the way for restoration of the pre-2020 situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).