Announcement comes after Beijing and New Delhi agreed to withdraw troops from Doklam plateau
India’s prime minister has confirmed he will visit China next week for a summit of the world’s leading emerging market economies – a day after Beijing and New Delhi agreed to withdraw troops from a disputed border area in the Himalayas.
China halted road building to end India border stand-off, say analysts
Narendra Modi will travel to the coastal city of Xiamen to attend the gathering of BRICS leaders from September 3 to 5, India’s external affairs ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
The other BRICS nations are Brazil, Russia and South Africa. The bloc covers 40 per cent of the world’s population and 20 per cent of its gross domestic product.
Modi will visit Myanmar after Xiamen, the ministry said in a statement.
The announcement came a day after China and India agreed to halt a two-month stand-off on the remote Doklam plateau.
