‘Differences should not become disputes’: PM Modi tells Xi peace on border key to India-China ties

Xi and Modi welcomed the ‘steady progress’ in India-China ties since their last meeting in Tianjin in August 2025.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Saturday, as India and China seek to reset ties. India said the two countries must ensure that “differences should not become disputes.”

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“Prime Minister emphasized that peace and tranquility in the border areas remains an essential basis for the continued development of bilateral relations,” the ministry of external affairs said in a statement following the meeting.

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Xi landed in Delhi on Saturday to participate in India-hosted BRICS Summit – his first visit in seven years. Xi had come to India in 2019 when he visited Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu. India-China ties suffered major setback in the following months after military clashes in Ladakh's Galwan Valley.

‘Three mutuals’

Xi and Modi welcomed the ‘steady progress’ in India-China ties since their last meeting in Tianjin in August 2025. “They reaffirmed that both countries should take a strategic and long term perspective of their ties. Differences should not become disputes,” the ministry said, adding that Modi highlighted that both sides must be guided by three mutuals- mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest.

As India-China border issue featured in the bilateral talks, Xi and Modi expressed ‘commitment to a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable resolution’, MEA said.

Modi and Xi had met Tianjin, China last year in August on the sidelines of the SCO Summit 2025.

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