BRICS Summit: PM Modi may hold meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, says MEA
India on Friday refused to disclose what Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak at the upcoming BRICS summit in China and said that it would be premature to share it now.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar didn’t completely rule out Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
When asked about the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping, Kumar said it is a common practice to have such meetings on the sidelines of multilateral forums.
“It is a common practice at such forum that bilateral meetings arranged,” he said in a press briefing here.
Replying to the question on the possibility of Doklam standoff discussion during Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with Jinping, Kumar said, “It would be premature to share at this stage what are the issues which will be discussed with other leaders.”
India and China ended the Doklam standoff on Monday by withdrawing troops from the area, just days before Prime Minister Modi’s visit to China to attend the BRICS summit.
Reacting to China’s statement that it will not be appropriate to discuss Pakistan’s counter-terrorism records at the BRICS summit, Kumar said India’s position on terrorism has been very clear …read more
