(Reuters) -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.

The meeting, expected to focus on improvements in India-China relations after both sides reached a consensus on a patrolling arrangement along the LAC following years of tensions, is set to happen on

Had a wonderful meeting with President Putin. India-Russia relations are deeply rooted. The talks focused on further strengthening bilateral partnership in various sectors,” PM Narendra Modi said in X post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that a full range of relations between India and Iran was reviewed along with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the bilateral talks between the two leaders.

Vladimir Putin sees the meeting with world leaders as a powerful way to demonstrate the failure of US-led efforts to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

PM Modi said he had an excellent meeting with President Putin, revealing that the talks focused on how to add even more vigour to India and Russia’s bilateral partnership across diverse sectors

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan city of Russia. The meeting will be held two days after Beijing and New Delhi reached an agreement to end the standoff between the two armies in the eastern Ladakh region of disputed Jammu and Kashmir.

China's President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Chinese state television CCTV reported. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom;

Kazan, Russia - Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Kazan, the capital city of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan. Xi arrived in Kazan earlier in the day for the 16th BRICS Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, where he is likely to hold bilateral meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Preside