Modi, Xi agree to maintain ‘momentum’ in ties

Prime Minister Na rend ra Mo di and Chinese President Xi J in ping have agreed that the Chinese defence minister will visit India next month as part of the efforts to maintain the “momentum” generated by their recent meetings. Mo di, who is attending the BR I CS Summit, met Xi for the third time in three months last evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that the Chinese defence minister will visit India next month as part of the efforts to maintain the “momentum” generated by their recent meetings.

Modi, who is here to attend the BRICS Summit, met Xi for the third time in nearly three months on Thursday evening after their two-day informal summit in Wuhan in April, and a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China, in June.

“It is important to maintain this momentum and for this we should, at our level, regularly review our relationship and give proper instructions whenever required,” Modi told Xi in his opening remarks. He told the Chinese leader that their recent meetings have given a new strength to bilateral ties and also provided new opportunities for cooperation. President Xi said the Chinese side was ready to work with the Indian side to carry forward the fresh impetus of bilateral ties since their informal meeting in Wuhan, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.