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Xi to Arrive in India for BRICS Summit as Indian Military Engages With Quad Partners
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit, his first visit to India in seven years. At the same time, India’s military is engaging with the United States, Japan and Australia, the other Quad members, through exercises and naval talks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit, his first visit to India in seven years.
As the summit begins, India’s military is simultaneously engaged with all three other members of the Quad, according to the supplied report. The US Army is exercising alongside Indian troops from the Rajasthan desert to the Himalayan heights. Japanese F-2A fighters are operating from Jodhpur. Navy chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan is holding talks in Australia before travelling to New Zealand.
The military engagements come at a politically sensitive moment in India-China ties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began bilateral meetings with visiting BRICS leaders on Friday, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. A meeting between Modi and Xi is being arranged on the margins of the summit on Saturday.
- Xi Jinping
- Quad
- Indian military
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IndiaPolitics
Xi to Arrive in India for BRICS Summit as Indian Military Engages With Quad Partners
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit, his first visit to India in seven years. At the same time, India’s military is engaging with the United States, Japan and Australia, the other Quad members, through exercises and naval talks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday for the BRICS summit, his first visit to India in seven years.
As the summit begins, India’s military is simultaneously engaged with all three other members of the Quad, according to the supplied report. The US Army is exercising alongside Indian troops from the Rajasthan desert to the Himalayan heights. Japanese F-2A fighters are operating from Jodhpur. Navy chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan is holding talks in Australia before travelling to New Zealand.
The military engagements come at a politically sensitive moment in India-China ties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began bilateral meetings with visiting BRICS leaders on Friday, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. A meeting between Modi and Xi is being arranged on the margins of the summit on Saturday.
- Xi Jinping
- Quad
- Indian military
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