Xi Jinping gets red carpet at BRICS summit
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BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS bloc to be a peacemaker in the Middle East conflict, in an address to a summit of member countries in New Delhi on Saturday. China will work with other BRICS members in that role,
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS member states to do more to promote peace in the Middle East and the Gulf region. Speaking at the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Saturday, he said that
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
Even so, finding unity among the loose grouping of emerging economies will be difficult as the war in the Middle East strains their own interests.
Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, and Ajit Doval, India's national security adviser, met in June where they confirmed that China and India "are partners, not rivals", according to a Chinese press release. "China-India relations have gradually emerged from the low ebb and returned to the track of recovery and improvement," it read.