Today is the second day of the BRICS leaders’ meeting in Kazan, Russia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping here tonight. A formal meeting between the two leaders will take place in five years. The meeting will be held after the foreign ministries of the two countries confirm that they have reached a consensus on the Galwan issue. In 2020, after Chinese troops penetrated into eastern Ladakh, clashes occurred while patrolling the Line of Actual Control.
Prime Minister Modi has visited China nine times so far. Modi has visited China four times as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and five times as the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping have met 20 times in the past 10 years. In addition to one-on-one meetings, it also includes informal meetings between the leaders of the two countries at international conferences held in other countries. Today, the location and time of the 21st meeting have been determined.
India-China relations have been tense over the past four years
Relations between the two countries have been tense for about four years. Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping maintain a distance from each other, from conversations to congratulatory messages. Now, the two countries are moving forward again in an effort to melt the ice in their relationship. Please tell us when is the meeting between Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Modi? When and where did the leaders of the two countries meet for the first time…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (74) has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. And Xi Jinping (71 years old) has been President of China since 2013. This means that both leaders have been leading their respective countries for a long time. This will be the third meeting between Modi and Xi since the dispute over the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh erupted four years ago.
Where did the leaders of the two countries shake hands for the last time?
When the 2023 BRICS meeting was held in South Africa last year, Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping shook hands, but the two sides did not hold a bilateral meeting. Previously, when the “G20” meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia, in 2022, there were no formal bilateral talks between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping, but eight months later, the two countries discussed the matter. I believe that the leaders of the two countries discussed some issues in Bali, among which the border dispute is very important. The leaders of the two countries are also likely to discuss this issue during the BRICS Summit. Because now this problem has been solved.
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Modi and Putin met for the first time in Brazil in 2014
Before the outbreak of the dispute over the Line of Actual Control, as of 2020, Modi and Xi Jinping had met a total of 18 times. These meetings lasted a total of six years. The two met for the first time in July 2014 at the BRICS leaders’ meeting in Brazil. Coincidentally, this meeting also coincided with the three-week standoff between the Chinese and Indian armies in the Depsantrai area of ​​eastern Ladakh in April 2013. India claims Chinese soldiers set up tents and claim sovereignty over the area.
Prime Minister Modi welcomes Xi Jinping in Ahmedabad
However, China did not change its habits. In September 2014, Chinese troops once again invaded the Chumar area of ​​the “Line of Actual Control”. This month (September 2014) Xi Jinping visited India. This is the first time that the Prime Minister of the country has welcomed a Head of State in another state other than Delhi. Xi Jinping received an unforgettable grand welcome in Ahmedabad, and the two leaders spent a lot of time on the banks of the Sabarmati River. The two leaders sit together on a swing.
In November 2014, BRICS leaders met during the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia. During this period, Prime Minister Modi also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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In 2015, Modi visited China for the first time after becoming Prime Minister.
In May 2015, Prime Minister Modi visited China for the first time. He is the first world leader welcomed by Xi Jinping in Xi’an. Photos of the two leaders walking hand in hand went viral on social media. The two countries have signed 26 trade-related agreements.
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When China vetoed India’s proposal
During the BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, in July 2015, the two leaders also held separate dialogues to discuss a resolution proposed by India at the United Nations in which the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander—e- Taiba was arrested and a Pakistani court opposed the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. China used its veto to block the proposal. This means that China has exposed its true colors.
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India opposes economic corridor
In June 2016, the leaders of the two countries met again in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This meeting was also held during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Prime Minister Modi told Xi Jinping during the meeting that India should seriously consider joining the “Nuclear Suppliers Group” because China has always opposed it. Thereafter, the G20 Summit was held in Hangzhou, China, in September 2016. During this meeting, Modi and Xi Jinping held a meeting, at which India expressed concerns about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. India raised the issue of terrorism in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said it needed to be sensitive to strategic interests. One month later, in October 2016, the BRICS Summit was held in Goa. The Chinese President made a special trip to India to attend. The two leaders held talks on trade and defense issues.
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Modi and Xi Jinping also met in Astana
In June 2017, Prime Minister Modi met with Xi Jinping in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. At that time, India had become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A month later, in July 2017, during the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, the leaders of the two countries met again and discussed many issues. In September of the same year, Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping met at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China.
In April 2018, Prime Minister Modi and Xi Jinping met during the Wuhan Summit in China. During this period, issues of global importance were discussed in detail. Xi Jinping led Prime Minister Modi to visit the Hubei Museum, and Chinese artists performed cultural programs to welcome Modi.
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On June 9, 2018, Prime Minister Modi went to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. During this period, he held bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping. At the meeting between the two countries, an agreement on information on Brahmaputra river water and rice exports was signed. In addition, the G20 summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2018, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in May 2019, and Mahabalipuram in October 2019. Xi Jinping met for six hours on a beach above the Bay of Bengal. During this period, the two countries discussed many agreements. In November 2019, Prime Minister Modi went to Brazil to attend the 11th BRICS Leaders’ Meeting. There he met Xi Jinping.
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How many times has Prime Minister Modi visited China?
In the past 75 years, Modi is the only Indian Prime Minister to visit China five times. Since taking office as prime minister in 2014, Modi and Xi Jinping have met 18 times. Modi visited China four times during his tenure as the chief minister of Gujarat. In November 2011, Modi visited China at the invitation of the CCP. During this period he was accorded “unprecedented importance and the highest level of decorum.”
