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Xi Jinping to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi, China confirms

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India for the first time in nearly seven years to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and September 13, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The visit comes as India-China relations have seen a thaw since 2024, following years of tensions over a military standoff in Ladakh.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh said that it will not send a government representative to the summit.

Xi last visited India in October 2019, when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tamil Nadu’s Mamallapuram. The two leaders are now expected to meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

The BRICS grouping comprises India, Brazil, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Border tensions between India and China escalated in June 2020 when a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control. It led to the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers. Beijing said that the clash left four of its soldiers dead.

Following the military face-off, both countries deployed thousands of soldiers along with heavy artillery in the region. China and India held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks to resolve their border standoff.

In October 2024, the two countries announced that they had reached a patrolling arrangement along...