Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit India for the first time in seven years on Saturday, where he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that her country is willing to work with India from a "strategic height and long-term perspective" to enhance cooperation and properly handle differences. The visit comes as part of Xi Jinping's efforts to promote greater cooperation among BRICS countries, which he will discuss at the summit. According to expert Wang Youming, China and India's relationship has a significant impact on the development of the BRICS mechanism.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi, welcoming leaders from China and Russia among others. The summit marks a significant moment for India as it seeks to strengthen ties with both traditional allies like the US and new partners such as China, despite ongoing tensions over issues like trade and the border dispute. With BRICS expanding to 11 members, including Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Egypt, internal divisions are becoming more pronounced. Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his first visit to India since 2019, called for mutual learning and cooperation between China and India during bilateral talks on the summit's sidelines. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged BRICS nations to link payment systems and trade in local currencies to reduce dependence on dominant global financial powers. As BRICS members discuss economic and geopolitical strategies, they face challenges of aligning diverse interests while attempting to establish a counterbalance to American-led global order.
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China on Friday (September 11, 2026) said it was willing to work with India to handle relations “from a strategic height and long-term perspective”, a day ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first trip to India in seven years.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Xi will on Saturday (September 12) hold talks on the sidelines of this week’s BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
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“This will be the third year in a row for the two leaders to meet with each other following meetings in Kazan and Tianjin,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.
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China will work with India to act on the strategic guidance of the two leaders, handle bilateral relations from a strategic height and long-term perspective, step up communication and enhance cooperation, properly handle differences, and be friends enjoying good neighbourliness and partners helping each other,” she said.
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At the summit this weekend, Mr. Xi will “put forward China’s important initiatives and propositions, charting the course for greater BRICS cooperation,” Ms. Mao said.
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“BRICS is now a key platform for emerging market developing countries to uphold solidarity and cooperation.
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Since its founding, BRICS countries have upheld the spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation.
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BRICS has stayed committed to upholding multilateralism, upholding fairness and justice and seeking common development.
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BRICS has grown into a real force standing at the forefront of the Global South,” she said.
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In China, Mr. Xi’s visit to India has been seen as both an opportunity to continue the gradual normalisation in bilateral relations as well as enabling greater cooperation between the two countries under the broader BRICS umbrella as their ties gradually improve.
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“One of the biggest highlights will be [President] Xi’s trip to India after seven years,” Wang Youming, an expert on China’s relations with developing countries at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), was quoted as saying in the official China Daily on Friday.
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“China and India are not only close neighbours but also founding members and major participants in BRICS.
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The state of their relationship has a direct bearing on the development of the mechanism.
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Multilateral platforms can create opportunities for bilateral engagement, while improving bilateral relations can, in turn, facilitate coordination within multilateral mechanisms.”
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