Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri did not confirm the timing of the meeting. This is the first formal meeting between the two leaders of state in 5 years.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, India's foreign secretary said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and the war in Ukraine.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit of emerging industrialized nations. Television images showed the head of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov,

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi both praised expanding relations with Russia at bilateral meetings with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Putin is hosting a summit of BRICS countries,

By bne Tehran bureau Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kazan on October 22. The meeting between the two friendly countries during Iran's first BRICS Summit as an official member since joining the bloc on January 1.

The BRICS summit, held amidst tight security in the city of Kazan, is the biggest international event in Russia since Moscow's Ukraine offensive began in 2022.