Xi Jinping to Visit India for the First Time in 7 Years to Attend BRICS Summit on September 12-13

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India from September 12 to 13 to attend the BRICS summit. This visit marks Xi's first trip to India in seven years since 2019.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting on the 8th at the Kumsusan Guest House, according to a report by Korean Central News Agency on the 9th. Yonhap News Agency

On September 10, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement, "At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi will participate in the 18th BRICS Summit, which will be held in New Delhi, India."

This visit is expected to focus on efforts to stabilize bilateral relations, which have deteriorated since the bloody clashes between Chinese and Indian troops in the Himalayan border region in 2020.

Since agreeing on the withdrawal of military forces from the disputed border area in 2024, China and India have been seeking to normalize relations by expanding high-level exchanges.

Prime Minister Modi visited China last year to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, where he held talks with President Xi. Since then, the two countries have been expanding people-to-people and economic exchanges, such as by resuming direct flights, but a comprehensive improvement in relations has remained slow.

Last month, the two countries held talks between their special representatives on border issues in Beijing, and agreed to seek a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable solution while maintaining peace and stability in the border areas. However, most observers believe that multiple sources of tension remain, including continued disputes over the border line and India's regulations on Chinese investment and business activities.

As this year's BRICS chair, India plans to discuss strengthening economic and financial cooperation among member states and expanding the role of the Global South—mainly developing and emerging economies located in the Southern Hemisphere—as key agenda items at the summit. BRICS is a multilateral consultative body led by emerging economies.

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