{
  "id": 7074111,
  "title": "Xi, Modi advance ties during Delhi BRICS meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/xi-modi-advance-ties-during-delhi-brics-meeting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T05:35:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/xi-modi-advance-ties-during-delhi-brics-meeting/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Delhi to advance their strained bilateral relations. The leaders discussed strengthening economic, transport, and people-to-people links while preserving peace along their disputed frontier. They welcomed the steady progress in ties following their meeting in Tianjin in August 2025 and emphasized a strategic, long-term approach to their relationship, urging both sides to observe existing agreements and understandings.\n\nModi stressed the importance of peace and tranquility in border areas and called for mutual respect, sensitivity, and interest in resolving the boundary question. Both leaders committed to addressing concerns over trade imbalances, supply-chain issues, and market access. Trade was a focal point of their discussions, with bilateral trade reaching a record $155.6 billion in 2025, although India's imports from China remain significantly higher, creating a large deficit.\n\nThe meeting marked Xi's first visit to India since 2019, when relations deteriorated following a military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. Since then, diplomatic and military mechanisms have been revived through regular talks, including Special Representatives' meetings, leading to the agreement on eight measures covering border management, military communication, and trade routes. Practical links have also resumed, including direct passenger flights, improved business visa processing, and the restart of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage, while three traditional border trading points have reopened.\n\nDespite these developments, major differences persist, with large troop deployments along sections of the Himalayan frontier and an unresolved boundary. Economic engagement remains constrained by investment screening, regulatory barriers, visa delays, and security concerns. Nevertheless, Xi's visit demonstrated a shift towards more regular political contacts after years of strained relations, as both sides emphasized the need for peaceful cooperation and partnership.",
  "summary": "Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to strengthen economic, transport and people-to-people links while preserving peace along their disputed frontier, using Xi’s first visit to India in seven years to push forward a cautious repair of bilateral relations. The two leaders met on Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi and welcomed what the Prime…",
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/calibrated-capitulation-congress-slams-pm-modi-after-his-meeting-with",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}