Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday during the BRICS summit in Russia. This will be their first formal discussion since the border tensions flared up in eastern Ladakh in May 2020.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday at the BRICS summit in Russia, India's foreign secretary said, their first meeting since 2020 when ties nosedived after their forces clashed on their disputed frontier.

Russia and South Africa have had notably anti-Israel agendas. South Africa has aggressively pursued Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). India, ahead of the summit, has called for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and expressed concern over the potential escalation in the region.