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Xi meets Modi in New Delhi for BRICS summit

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC · How we work

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Xi Visits India

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on 12 September 2026 to attend the BRICS summit and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, Tibetan exiles staged protests in Delhi, displaying placards against Xi’s visit and underscoring dissent over the lingering border dispute.
The summit marked Xi’s India visit in seven years since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash.
Analysts say India’s strategic hedging hampers alignment with anti-Western BRICS members China, Russia, Iran.

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Xi Meets Modi

President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on 12 September 2026 for the BRICS summit and to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India framed the summit as a test of its skill in balancing relations with the United States, China and powers.
Saudi Arabia closed an oil pipeline to the Strait of Hormuz hours before the summit.
Modi used the summit to push a Global South agenda of trade and IMF reforms.

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Xi Urges Peace

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on September 12, 2026 to attend the BRICS summit and meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The summit was used by Xi to urge BRICS members to act as Middle-East peacemakers and boost AI-driven industrial cooperation.
Xi said China will take over the BRICS chairmanship in 2027.
The leaders are scheduled to meet at 5:45 p.m. local time on the summit sidelines.

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Tibetan exile groups staged protests in Delhi during Xi Jinping’s visit, displaying placards condemning the Chinese leader and voicing dissent over the ongoing border dispute, according to reports of the demonstrations.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center- and Right-leaning coverage.

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Xi Visits India

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on 12 September 2026 to attend the BRICS summit and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, Tibetan exiles staged protests in Delhi, displaying placards against Xi’s visit and underscoring dissent over the lingering border dispute.
The summit marked Xi’s India visit in seven years since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash.
Analysts say India’s strategic hedging hampers alignment with anti-Western BRICS members China, Russia, Iran.

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