Putin and Xi in India for BRICS summit as Ukraine, Middle East wars loom
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a two-day BRICS summit expected to focus on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and economic challenges. Putin and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian are due to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while China’s Xi Jinping is also expected to hold talks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in New Delhi for a two-day BRICS summit. The summit is expected to focus on the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as economic challenges. Putin is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The summit, which is the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit, will take place on September 12 and 13 at Bharat Mandapam. Other leaders attending the summit include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is also expected to attend.
According to the Gulf News, during a recent meeting in Bishkek, Prime Minister Modi urged Putin to move towards ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which began five years ago. The meeting between Modi and Putin in New Delhi is expected to review the progress of their bilateral relations.
Brief written by urgent.news from France 24, The Hindu, The Times of Israel, Hindustan Times, Gulf News — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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