Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov on Monday termed the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan as a positive development in bilateral ties between India and China. Asserting that the recently concluded BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan was a “total success”, he said the grouping is “not an exclusive but an inclusive platform”. “BRICS is not anti-West but non-West,” Alipov said during an interaction with reporters here.
Asked about the recent meeting between Modi and Xi, and if Russia had any role in it, Alipov said, “We have not played any role in it, but we are happy that it took place in Kazan... We wholeheartedly welcome the meeting.”
On October 23, Prime Minister Modi and the Chinese president had endorsed the agreement on patrolling and disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.
They had also issued directions to revive various bilateral dialogue mechanisms, signalling attempts to normalise ties that were hit by a deadly military clash in 2020.
