C Raja Mohan: Don’t fall for China’s rhetoric BRICS isn’t NAM

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Judging by this newspaper’s headlines in the last few days, Delhi is more interested in a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Johannesburg than in the agenda of the BRICS forum. This is not surprising. Most multilateral meetings are usually overshadowed by important bilateral meetings among member states. The prospect of ending India’s military standoff with China in Ladakh is surely far more consequential than the soaring rhetoric on global issues at the BRICS summit. Even small steps towards military disengagement and de-escalation in Ladakh would be of greater relevance than the unreal debates...