‘Candid and in-depth exchange of views’: China on Xi-Modi meeting on sidelines of BRICS Summit

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, delivers the XV BRICS summit declaration flanked by from left, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (Photo: AP/PTI) Hours after India said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had “agreed” to “direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation” of troops on the ground along the India-China border, the Chinese foreign ministry said that the two leaders spoke at...