NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Brics summit on October 23.
The meeting comes on close heels of New Delhi and Beijing reaching an agreement on patrolling arrangements in areas along the Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in 2020.
The 3,488-km long LAC separates India and China from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The agreement covers the areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.
The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and PM Modi will be the first formal talks in the past five years.
The last time both the leaders met was in 2023 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, where PM Modi "highlighted India's concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas".
"Prime Minister had interactions with other BRICS leaders. In a conversation with President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister highlighted India's concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas. Prime Minister underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship . In this regard, the two leaders agreed to direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation," ministry of external affairs had said in a statement after PM Modi's meeting.
PM Modi last met Xi Jinping in 2019 on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek and discussed ways to further strengthen the bilateral relations.
The meeting comes on close heels of New Delhi and Beijing reaching an agreement on patrolling arrangements in areas along the Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in 2020.
The 3,488-km long LAC separates India and China from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The agreement covers the areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.
The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and PM Modi will be the first formal talks in the past five years.
The last time both the leaders met was in 2023 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa, where PM Modi "highlighted India's concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas".
"Prime Minister had interactions with other BRICS leaders. In a conversation with President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister highlighted India's concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas. Prime Minister underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship . In this regard, the two leaders agreed to direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation," ministry of external affairs had said in a statement after PM Modi's meeting.
PM Modi last met Xi Jinping in 2019 on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek and discussed ways to further strengthen the bilateral relations.
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