PM Modi and Xi Jinping have not had any formal bilateral meeting ever since the aggressive moves by the Chinese PLA to unilaterally change the status quo along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and the counter-deployment by the Indian Army in April-May 2020 started the military stand-off.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, from Oct. 22 to 24, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.

PM Narendra Modi will visit Russia on Oct 22-23 to attend the 16th Brics Summit in Kazan at Putin's invitation. The summit, themed 'Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security,

This will be the Prime Minister’s second visit to Russia this year — he visited Moscow for a bilateral summit on July 8-9. During his visit, Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from BRICS member countries and leaders invited to Kazan.