The Ministry of External Affairs said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for the BRICS summit, which will host India in 2026. President Xi Jinping thanked Prime Minister Modi for the invitation and offered China’s support for India’s BRICS chairmanship.
Significantly, India is preparing to handle the leadership of BRICS from the current president Brazil.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement today that Prime Minister Modi also expressed support for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization by China and also for the summit in Tianjin.
The two leaders today met on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) leaders in Tianjin. Earlier, the two leaders met in 2024 on the sides of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
In July this year, Prime Minister Modi said in his address at the BRICS group summit at Rio de Janeiro that India would try to give a “new look” to BRICS next year.
Prime Minister Modi said that BRICS would mean creating flexibility and innovation for cooperation and stability, and just as India had given priority to the issues of global South on the agenda during the presiding G20, similarly during the chairmanship of BRICS, he will take this platform ahead of public concentrated and humanity first.
The theme of the 17th BRICS summit was “strengthening global South cooperation for more inclusive and sustainable governance”. Xi Jinping attended this summit by virtual medium.
Committings were adopted in strategic fields including global rule, finance, health, artificial intelligence, climate change, peace and security.
In addition to the main announcement, BRICS leaders approved three supplementary outlines- outline declaration of BRICS leaders on climate finance, announcing BRICS leaders on global rule of artificial intelligence and BRICS partnership for eradication of socially determined diseases.
Leaders on Climate Finance are the first collective BRICS commitment of its kind under the outline manifesto, the United Nations Climate Change Fundament Conference (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. The manifesto proposes to raise US $ 300 billion annually for climate -related investments by 2035, and emphasized that funding is “accessible, timely and concessional”.
The Rio-D-Jenoio summit announced the establishment of the BRICS Climate Research Forum to make the data consistent, share the best practices and to carry forward the joint modeling.
The statement of the BRICS leaders on the global rule of artificial intelligence emphasized that artificial intelligence should work as a tool to strengthen the global south through the structure of the United Nations, reducing digital inequalities, reducing digital inequalities and strengthened.
The BRICS group is composed of eleven countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Iran. It acts as a political and diplomatic coordination forum for global South countries, which facilitates coordination in various fields.
Meanwhile, during his bilateral meeting with the Chinese President at Tianjin, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Prime Minister Modi underlined the importance of peace and harmony in the border areas for continuous development of bilateral relations.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the two leaders expressed satisfaction over the successful return last year and maintaining peace and harmony in the border areas since then.
He expressed his overall bilateral relations and commitment to the fair, proper and mutually acceptable solution of the border question in the political perspective of the long -term interests of the people of both countries. He recognized the important decisions taken by the two special representatives in his dialogue earlier this month and agreed to support their efforts even further.
The two leaders welcomed positive speed and stable progress in bilateral relations since their previous meeting in Kazan in October 2024. He confirmed that the two countries are partners of development, not rival, and their differences should not change into controversies.
A stable relationship and cooperation based on mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity between India and China and their 2.8 billion people is essential for the growth and development of both countries, as well as a multiproof world and multipolar Asia for the growth and development of both countries, as well as the 21st century trends.
Prime Minister Modi underlined the importance of peace and harmony in the border areas for continuous development of bilateral relations. The two leaders expressed satisfaction over successful military return last year and peace and harmony in the border areas since then.
He expressed his overall bilateral relations and the people of both countries, moving beyond the political perspective of the long -term interests of the people of both countries, expressed their commitment to the fair, appropriate and mutually acceptable solution of the border question. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that they recognized the important decisions taken by the two special representatives in their talks earlier this month and agreed to support their efforts even further.
The two leaders emphasized the need to strengthen the relationship between people through direct flights and visa facilities based on the restoration of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and tourist visa. In terms of economic and business relations, he recognized the role of both his economies in stabilizing world trade.
He emphasized the need to move in a political and strategic direction to expand bilateral trade and investment relations and to reduce trade deficit.
The Prime Minister said that both India and China are in favor of strategic autonomy and their relations should not be seen from the perspective of a third country. The two leaders thought it necessary to develop a shared base on bilateral, regional and global issues and challenges on multilateral forums.
The Prime Minister also held a meeting with Cai Ki, a member of the Standing Committee of the Polit Bureau of China, China. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister Modi shared his approach to bilateral relations with Cai and sought their cooperation to realize the approach of the two leaders.
Cai reiterated the desire of the Chinese side to increase bilateral exchange and improve the relationship as per the consent between the two leaders.
