Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, marking a key step towards easing tensions on the India-China border.

This is PM Modi and Xi Jinping's first formal meeting in five years and also comes just days after India said it reached a truce with China to resume patrolling in disputed areas along the LAC in eastern Ladakh,

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Chinese President Xi Jinping his ‘dear friend’ Tuesday at a BRICS summit meeting hosted in Kazan