Diplomacy & Geopolitics
Xi Jinping meets Narendra Modi in New Delhi
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday while attending the 18th BRICS Summit, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.
CCTV said the meeting took place on the afternoon of September 12 local time and gave no further details.
Xi's trip is his first to India since 2019. India is hosting the September 12-13 BRICS summit in its capital.
The meeting comes during a cautious easing of ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours after years of tension. India and China have gradually restored flights, visas and high-level contacts after a deadly 2020 military clash along their disputed Tibetan border.
The underlying territorial dispute remains unresolved, and both sides retain military deployments along their roughly 3,500-kilometre high-altitude border along Tibet.
The BRICS summit is expected to focus on the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, global trade turbulence and energy security.
Update
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that Xi Jinping met Narendra Modi in New Delhi on September 12.
CCTV said the meeting took place while Xi was attending the 18th BRICS Summit.
CCTV provided no further details of the meeting.
Source note: AFP news report published on 12 September 2026 at 12:06:47 UTC.
Update
Chinese state media reported that Xi Jinping had arrived in New Delhi for the BRICS summit.
Source note: AFP news report published on 12 September 2026 at 06:13:26 UTC.
Update
Xi Jinping was due to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit.
Xi was due to hold face-to-face talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later Saturday, according to New Delhi's foreign ministry.
The Middle East and Ukraine conflicts, global trade turbulence and energy security were expected to dominate the two-day BRICS meeting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were also in New Delhi for talks with Modi.
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi were also due to attend.
BRICS foreign ministers failed to agree on a joint statement in New Delhi in May.
Source note: AFP news report published on 11 September 2026 at 22:31:36 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
CCTV did not provide details of what Xi and Modi discussed.
Source
AFP news report published on .