China’s Plea or PM’s ‘Request’? India Says Former as Contradictions Cloud Modi-Xi Jinping Meet at BRICS Summit

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From who called the meeting to what was agreed upon to resolve border tensions — gross contradictions have clouded the events of the meeting that took place between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Johannesburg on Thursday night. While the Chinese official statement mentioned that Jinping talked with Modi “at the latter’s request”, the Indian side on Saturday morning refuted the same, saying there was “a pending request from the Chinese side for a bilateral meeting” and added that only an “informal conversation” had happened between both leaders. Also, while Indian foreign secretary said the “two...