PM Modi, China's Xi Jinping to hold bilateral talks tomorrow on sidelines of BRICS summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be holding bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, confirmed Ministry of External Affairs.

"I can confirm that there will be a bilateral meeting held between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow on the sidelines of the Brics Summit," said foreign secretary Vikram Misri.

The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan is being held under the chairmanship of Russia from October 22-24.


This visit marks, PM Modi's second visit to Russia this year. He travelled to Moscow in July to attend the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit where he held a bilateral meeting with President Putin. He was also conferred with Russia's highest civilian award, the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle at the Kremlin in Moscow.

BRIC, as a formal grouping, started after the meeting of the Leaders of Russia, India and China in St Petersburg on the margins of G8 Outreach Summit in 2006.

The grouping was formalized during the first meeting of BRIC Foreign Ministers on the margins of UNGA in New York in 2006. The first BRIC Summit was held in Russia's Yekaterinburg in 2009.

(With inputs from agencies)