Each the leaders additionally exchanged pleasantries on the G20 dinner.
Johannesburg:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was noticed having a short alternate of phrases with Chinese language Premier Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the fifteenth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) leaders’ press convention on Thursday.
Earlier than the convention began in earnest, PM Modi and Xi had been pictured having a short dialog earlier than taking their designated seats.
#WATCH | PM Modi and Chinese language President Xi Jinping interact in a short interplay on the fifteenth BRICS summit in Johannesburg pic.twitter.com/1yE3jstVfx
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Notably, in November 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chanced upon Xi on the G20 dinner hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali, Indonesia.
Each the leaders exchanged pleasantries on the G20 dinner. Notably, this was the primary handshake for the reason that standoff between China’s Peoples Liberation Military and the Indian forces in jap Ladakh in April 2020.
India and China have been in a stand-off scenario for the final three years and relations in any respect ranges have deteriorated on account of tensions on the Line of Precise Management (LAC). The 2 sides have held 19 rounds of talks up to now to deal with the boundary points in jap Ladakh since 2020, publish the Chinese language aggression there.
PM Modi arrived in South Africa for the fifteenth BRICS Summit on Tuesday.
The opening day of the summit in Johannesburg was witness to the BRICS Enterprise Discussion board Leaders’ Dialogue.
In his tackle on the BRICS Enterprise Discussion board Leaders’ Dialogue, PM Modi mentioned India will quickly be a 5 trillion greenback economic system and within the coming years would be the development engine of the world.
PM Modi’s particular message to the dialogue was that mutual belief and transparency may help create a big effect, particularly within the International South. That is the primary in-person BRICS Summit after three consecutive years of digital conferences owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Afterward, on the second day, on the open plenary session of the fifteenth BRICS Summit, PM Modi mentioned India had given lots of significance to the nations of International South underneath its G20 Presidency and lauded South Africa for the initiative because the chair of the BRICS summit.
“We welcome the transfer to provide particular significance to the nations of the International South in BRICS underneath the chairmanship of South Africa. This isn’t simply the aspiration, but additionally the necessity of the current occasions. India has additionally given significance to this topic underneath its G20 presidency. One Earth One Household One Future – we try to maneuver ahead with all nations on this mantra. Within the Voice of International South summit in January this yr, 125 nations participated and shared their issues and priorities,” he mentioned.
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