PM Modi said, “I look forward to holding bilateral meetings with some of the leaders present in Johannesburg.”
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- PM Modi leaves for South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit
- The 15th BRICS Summit is going to be held in Johannesburg
- Possibility of meeting between PM Modi and Xi Jinping
New Delhi:
BRICS Summit 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi He left for Johannesburg, South Africa today i.e. Tuesday to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held from August 22 to 24. This statement of PM Modi came before his visit to South Africa and Greece. This statement has been issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
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Looking forward to holding bilateral meetings in Johannesburg: PM
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, the PM said, “I will visit the Republic of South Africa from 22-24 August 2023 at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to participate in the 15th BRICS. The summit will be held in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of South Africa.” I am visiting. I also look forward to bilateral meetings with some of the leaders present in Johannesburg. I will be traveling from South Africa to Athens, Greece on 25 August 2023. Invitation by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. This will be my first visit. I am honored to be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Greece after 40 years.
Bilateral meetings of the Prime Minister were finalized
Earlier, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit in Johannesburg are being finalised. However, he did not give any direct answer on the possibility of a meeting between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Will PM Modi and Xi Jinping meet?
He said Prime Minister Modi is leaving for the South African city on a three-day visit on Tuesday to attend the first in-person BRICS summit after the Covid-19 pandemic. When asked if PM Modi and President Xi Jinping will hold talks on the sidelines of the summit, Kwatra said the schedule of the prime minister’s bilateral meetings is being finalised.
PM and Xi met at the G-20 meeting in Bali
If this bilateral meeting takes place, it will be the first meeting between them since the border standoff in eastern Ladakh in May 2020. PM Modi and Xi Jinping had a brief meeting at the G-20 summit in Bali in November last year.
Meanwhile, local commander-level talks are continuing in Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh as part of confidence-building measures between the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA. Indian and Chinese troops have been at several points of standoff for more than a few years in eastern Ladakh. three years. is in position. However, the two sides have completed the withdrawal of troops from several areas after extensive diplomatic and military negotiations.