Modi and Xi hold first bilateral talks on Indian soil in seven years, commit to fair resolution of boundary question
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- 2026-09-11
Xi Jinping confirmed to visit India for the 18th BRICS Summit, his first trip in seven years
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit India for the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 2026, his first visit to India in nearly seven years since the 2019 informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mamallapuram. A bilateral meeting between Xi and Modi is on the cards on the margins of the summit, which would follow their meeting in Kazan, Russia in 2024 on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit. Indian officials have called for stable and predictable India China ties ahead of the visit, and India, as the 2026 BRICS chair, is positioning the grouping as a complementary, development oriented forum rather than one adversarial to other blocs, while planning to sidestep contentious proposals such as a common BRICS currency.
- 2026-09-12
Xi Jinping arrives in Delhi for BRICS Summit, bilateral talks with Modi due on the sidelines
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on the morning of 12 September 2026 to attend the 18th BRICS Summit, his first visit to India in nearly seven years. A bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled on the sidelines of the summit, which would be the third consecutive year the two leaders have met, following their meetings in Kazan in 2024 and Tianjin in 2025. The visit builds on steps taken since 2024 to normalise relations after the 2020 Eastern Ladakh military standoff, including resumed direct flights, an updated visa regime, the restarted Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, and the reopening of three designated border trading points.
- 2026-09-13
Modi and Xi hold first bilateral talks on Indian soil in seven years, commit to fair resolution of boundary question
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks in New Delhi on 12 September 2026 on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, their first meeting on Indian soil in seven years and their third consecutive annual meeting after Kazan in 2024 and Tianjin in 2025. The two leaders said differences should not become disputes and committed to a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable resolution of the boundary question, with Modi saying both sides must be guided by three mutuals of mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest. They also agreed to address structural trade imbalances and facilitate more predictable market access even as China's trade surplus with India has grown past 112 billion US dollars, and Modi thanked China for its support for India's BRICS chairship.