PM Modi & Xi
jinping suddenly met..!? G20 summit..!
Indian PM Modi and Chinese President Xi
jinping shake hands at G20 dinner in first meeting after Ladakh conflict. The two have now come face to face since the Ladakh conflict two years ago. While President Xi
jinping and his
wife Peng Liyuan stopped by to speak with Indonesian President Joko Widodo,
prime minister Modi had a sit-down conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Smiling, Modi rose from his seat and shook hands with
prime minister Xi Jinping.
Modi, who was accompanied by an interpreter, then spoke with Xi
jinping for a few minutes.
indian and Chinese leaders avoided each other during their last face-to-face multilateral meeting at the
shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand,
uzbekistan on
september 15-16.
In
june 2020, 20
indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops were killed in a brutal encounter in the Kalwan Valley. While External Affairs
minister Jaishankar has consistently said that India-China relations cannot be normalized until there is peace and tranquility on the, it is noteworthy that
china said that the tension should be separated from the overall bilateral relationship. Last year, it was an unforgettable Ladakh conflict.