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China Resumes Guangzhou–New Delhi Flights September 21

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi during the September 12-13, 2026 BRICS summit.
The leaders declared China and India should be partners, not rivals, and pledged border peace.
Both countries pledged to support each other’s rotating BRICS chairmanship, with China taking the 2027 chair.
China announced regular passenger flights on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route will resume on September 21, ending a six-year suspension.

History

Historical Context

The BRIC idea began with Russian FM Yevgeny Primakov in 1998 and was named by Jim O’Neill in 2001. After foreign ministers met in New York in 2006, the first leaders’ summit in Yekaterinburg (June 2009) gathered Brazil, Russia, India and China, whose economies then accounted for about 15 % of global GDP. India’s 2026 BRICS presidency saw Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi meet in New Delhi, echoing that original cooperation.

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Story summary

Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi during the September 12-13, 2026 BRICS summit.
The leaders declared China and India should be partners, not rivals, and pledged border peace.
Both countries pledged to support each other’s rotating BRICS chairmanship, with China taking the 2027 chair.
China announced regular passenger flights on the Guangzhou-New Delhi route will resume on September 21, ending a six-year suspension.

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