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India’s prime minister has confirmed he will visit China next week for a summit of the world’s leading emerging market economies – a day after Beijing and New Delhi agreed to withdraw troops from a disputed border area in the Himalayas.
China halted road building to end India border stand-off, say analysts
Narendra Modi will travel to the coastal city of Xiamen to attend the gathering of BRICS leaders from September 3 to 5, India’s external affairs ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
The other BRICS nations are Brazil, Russia and South Africa. The bloc covers 40 per cent of the world’s population and 20 per cent of its gross domestic product.
Modi will visit Myanmar after Xiamen, the ministry said in a statement.

The announcement came a day after China and India agreed to halt a two-month stand-off on the remote Doklam plateau. The dispute began in mid-June when China began building a road in the area where China, India and Bhutan meet.
The face-off has seen China and India mobilising troops to the area, while the Chinese military staged drills nearby on the Tibetan Plateau and in the Indian Ocean.
Can China-India row be the catalyst for a dispute resolution system among top emerging nations?
As border tensions continued to simmer there had been speculation that Modi might skip the summit in southeastern China. The annual meeting has been attended by the top leaders of the five member nations since it was set up in 2009.
Next week’s trip will be Modi’s third visit to China as prime minister since he came to power in 2014. His last three-day visit was in May 2015.


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Indian Prime Minister Modi will visit China to attend BRICS summit, following end of tense border stand-off

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands with leaders at last year’s BRICS summit in Goa, India. Photo: AP

In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in Goa, India. India and China have agreed to pull back their troops from a face-off in the high Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, signaling a thaw in the monthslong standoff, India's government said Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

China ‘halts road building’ to end India border stand-off

Chinese and Indian soldiers on the border in Sikkim state. Observers say the end of the stand-off was apparently timed to ease tensions ahead of a high-profile BRICS summit next week in China. Photo: AFP

FILE - In this Sunday, May 5, 2013, file photo, Chinese troops hold a banner which reads "You've crossed the border, please go back" in Ladakh, India. China is insisting that India withdraw its troops from a disputed Himalayan plateau before talks can take place to settle the most protracted standoff in recent years between the nuclear-armed neighbors. (AP Photo, File)

File - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23,2013, file photo, an Indian national flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem during a welcome ceremony for visiting Indian officials outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. India says it is ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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Announcement comes after Beijing and New Delhi agreed to withdraw troops from Doklam plateau


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