Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were on Thursday seen having brief exchanges ahead of a media briefing by the BRICS leaders in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Modi and Xi are in the South African city of Johannesburg to attend the annual summit of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa).<\/p>\n
Video footage aired by a South African broadcaster showed Modi and Xi having a brief exchange.<\/p>\n
There was no official comment on the exchange by either side.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the start of the BRICS summit, there was speculation about the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Modi is travelling to Greece on Thursday evening after concluding his engagements in the South African city.<\/p>\n
The prime minister and the Chinese president had a brief encounter at a dinner during the G20 summit in Bali in November last year.<\/p>\n
The ties between India and China came under severe strain following the eastern Ladakh border row that began in May 2020.<\/p>\n
Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks.<\/p>\n
India and China held the 19th round of Corps Commander-level talks on August 13 and 14 with a focus on resolving pending issues at the standoff areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.<\/p>\n
A joint statement described the talks as \u201cpositive, constructive and in-depth\u201d and that both sides agreed to resolve the remaining issues in an expeditious manner.<\/p>\n
Days after the fresh round of high-level talks, the local commanders of the two militaries held a series of negotiations in two separate locations to resolve issues in Depsang Plains and Demchok.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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