Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Delhi for BRICS Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Delhi to participate in the 18th BRICS Summit. He was received at Palam Airport by Commerce and Industry Minister of State Jitin Prasad. Xi is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bilateral discussions later today at 5:45 PM, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Several world leaders are in Delhi for the summit, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived on September 11 and was received by Foreign Secretary Kirti Vardhan Singh, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was received by Minister of State Shantanu Thakur.