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The Hindu
At the BRICS Summit in Kazan , Russia, what did the PM Modi-Xi Jinping meeting achieve? What were the other highlights of the summit
The BRICS summit in Russia set the stage for an ice breaker between PM Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping.
The MEA announced: “An agreement has been arrived at on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas, leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020.”
Why was this meeting important?
This was their first since 2019, when they had held a 2 day retreat in Mamallapuram and then in Brasilia at the BRICS Summit there.
Prior to the 2020 standoff that followed China’s transgressions at the LAC and India’s counter mobilisation, Modi and and Xi had met 18 times in 5 years- so the fact that they hadn’t met formally in the past 5 years is significant.
During the standoff they spoke twice, informally on the side-lines of summits in Indonesia and South Africa.
India has consistently held that “normal” ties including summit meetings can only begin once the LAC standoff is resolved.
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