There seems to be euphoria in diplomatic and media circles after the meetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, on the sidelines of 16th Brics Summit at Kazan on 23 October 2024.
The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Brics summit at Kazan marks a significant moment in the evolving dynamics between two of the world’s largest economies.
The two leaders met at Kazan in Russia this evening on the margins of the BRICS Summit. This was after five years that they had a bilateral meeting.
At a media briefing, Mr Misri said the time and venue of the meeting are being worked out by the two sides.
In the complex theatre of global politics, Xi Jinping’s China stands as a self-assured protagonist, asserting its vision of a multipolar world with a conviction that borders on swagger.
The decade has been somewhat reminiscent of the 1980s that was marked by dramatic activism and with immediate consequences, notably the overthrow of the Marcos regime in the Philippines through people’s power in 1986, the ouster of the South Korean military dictatorship in 1987, the toppling of the entire eastern bloc of Soviet states in 1989 followed in its aftermath by the disintegration of the Soviet Union (August 1991), the beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa and powerful but unsuccessful uprisings in Myanmar and China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said while speaking to the media on Wednesday that both countries were in close contact.
The two leaders also discussed North Korea and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the spokesman said.
While protesters in Hong Kong, across the mouth of the Pearl River, are infuriated by what they see as Beijing encroaching on their freedoms, Macau has seen little dissent.
Under the deal, the United States would agree to reduce some tariffs in exchange for a big jump in Chinese purchases of American farm products.
