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PM Modi’s Thumbs Up at BRICS Summit Dinner with Putin and Xi: A Symbol of Unity After India-China Deal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised a moment of unity between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a casual BRICS Summit meal in Kazan when the two leaders were conversing. The growing diplomatic ties between the BRICS countries—China, Russia, and India in particular—are highlighted by this scene.

As India and China came to a settlement on “patrolling arrangements,” finishing the extended military stalemate along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Modi and Xi communicated. A significant defining moment in the four-year line strains that heightened after the June 2020 conflict in the Galwan Valley has been reached with this turn of events.

Images from the summit likewise showed trade between Putin and Modi, with the Russian president giving the Indian leader a firm embrace and handshake, highlighting the two nations’ strong ties. The way that Putin sat among Modi and Xi during the dinner suggested that the three nations were pushing toward more profound diplomatic ties.

The 16th BRICS Summit also prepared the ground for a future bilateral encounter between Modi and Xi, which is planned to happen in Kazan at the summit. According to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, this conference is an important step in easing the military tensions between the two Asian powers.

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Months of diplomatic and military negotiations culminated in the agreement on LAC patrolling, which included important meetings between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the SCO Summit in Kazakhstan and ASEAN-related gatherings in Laos. Further setting the stage for this momentous diplomatic achievement was the September 12 BRICS conference in St. Petersburg, where National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with Wang.