Xi Likely to Attend New Delhi BRICS Summit, His First India Visit in 7 Years
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Updated · Semafor · Aug 24
Xi Likely to Attend New Delhi BRICS Summit, His First India Visit in 7 Years
3 articles · Updated · Semafor · Aug 24
Summary
September’s BRICS summit in New Delhi is expected to bring Xi Jinping to India for the first time in seven years, a high-profile sign of easing tensions between the two neighbors.
About 400 Chinese officials are expected to accompany him as Beijing and New Delhi try to stabilize relations strained by their long-running border dispute without appearing to yield domestically.
A recent border skirmish has complicated that effort, even as India’s top security official arrived in Beijing on Monday for talks ahead of the summit.
US trade policies have also pushed China and India toward limited alignment, with both seeking to keep external pressure from weakening BRICS.