Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on 12 September 2026 for the 18th BRICS Summit, his first visit to India in seven years. The summit, overshadowed by global conflicts and trade tensions, brings together leaders from India, Russia, and Iran.
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China has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will travel to New Delhi for the Brics summit this weekend, his first visit to India in close to seven years and the latest leg of the Chinese leader’s busiest run of summitry in years. Xi’s India visit follows closely on a packed diplomatic travel schedule that took him first to Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, then t
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India this weekend to attend the BRICS summit, marking his first trip to the country since 2019. But Observer Research Foundation's Antara Ghosal Singh says while progress has been made on the India-China border issues, economic ties between both sides remain challenging. She spoke with Bloomberg's Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is also set to attend the two-day summit, in what would be his first visit to India since 2019.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to India for the first time since 2019 and finalising plans for a US trip as he works through his busiest month of international travel in years. Xi will attend the annual Brics summit in New Delhi over the weekend and meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Russia’s Vladimir Putin and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa are among other leaders going to the eve
The announcement came ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India for the Brics summit. The airline said the resumption would take its total operations across eight round-trip routes in South Asia to more than 100 flights a week. The Guangzhou-New Delhi service had been suspended for six years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. He is expected to travel in the heavily protected Hongqi N701 state limousine. This bespoke vehicle offers significant security features for leadership protection. The N701's presence highlights China's approach to leadership security. Comparisons are drawn to the US President's armored vehicle, 'The Beast'.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a BRICS summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, will dominate the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc. But Xi's visit is also being closely watched as his first to
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Delhi for BRICS Summit 2026 ahead of bilateral talks (Source: Bloomberg)