PM Modi holds bilateral meet with China's Xi Jinping during BRICS Summit, first in 5 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Russia. This is the first meeting between the two leaders in five years. PM Modi and Xi Jinping had last had a structured meeting in Mamalllapuram in October 2019, months before the border standoff between India and China in eastern Ladakh. The meeting also comes two days after India and China reached an agreement on patrolling along their disputed border.