BRICS Summit: Xi and Modi agree that China and India should manage their differences.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Wednesday to enhance communication and cooperation between their nations and work towards resolving conflicts in order to mend relations strained by a deadly military clash in 2020.
The two leaders held their first formal talks in five years on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, marking a potential recovery in ties between the Asian giants following the diplomatic fallout from the clash along their disputed Himalayan border.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024
