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Xi Leads 400-Official Delegation to BRICS Summit in India

8/24/2026

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President Xi Jinping will attend the September 12-13 BRICS summit in New Delhi.
He will travel with roughly 400 officials, far exceeding the under-200 delegation in 2019.
The trip marks Xi’s first visit to India in seven years, following Prime Minister Modi’s 2025 China trip.
The summit aims to ease fallout from the 2020 border clash that killed 20 Indians and four Chinese.

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President Xi Jinping will attend the September 12-13 BRICS summit in New Delhi.
He will travel with roughly 400 officials, far exceeding the under-200 delegation in 2019.
The trip marks Xi’s first visit to India in seven years, following Prime Minister Modi’s 2025 China trip.
The summit aims to ease fallout from the 2020 border clash that killed 20 Indians and four Chinese.