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India expects Xi Jinping to attend BRICS summit September 12-13

8/27/2026

Summary

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India expects President Xi Jinping to attend the September 12-13 BRICS summit in New Delhi.
The visit would be Xi’s first to India since October 2019, with about 400 officials.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on 25 August to discuss the border.
$500 million of Chinese-linked investment has entered India since the post-Galwan rule changes, signaling an economic thaw.

History

Historical Context

The 1993 India-China Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility, signed on 7 September 1993, established confidence-building measures along the LAC. Prime Minister P.V. Rao and Premier Li Peng pledged ten specific protocols, and the pact reduced border incidents by roughly 30 percent over the next decade. Today, Xi Jinping’s first India visit since October 2019 and Ajit Doval’s August 25 talks with Wang Yi echo the 1993 diplomatic outreach to ease tensions. The renewed engagement, highlighted by $500 million Chinese-linked investment and the upcoming BRICS summit in New Delhi, may cement a longer-term economic thaw.

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Story summary

India expects President Xi Jinping to attend the September 12-13 BRICS summit in New Delhi.
The visit would be Xi’s first to India since October 2019, with about 400 officials.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on 25 August to discuss the border.
$500 million of Chinese-linked investment has entered India since the post-Galwan rule changes, signaling an economic thaw.

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