No trilateral meet between Modi, Xi and Prachanda: MEA

October 16, 2016 18:15

There was no trilateral meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', the Ministry of External Affairs said, countering a report published in a Nepali newspaper.

The Himalayan Times had reported, along with a photo of the meeting, that Prachanda held a trilateral meeting with Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Goa and pitched Nepal as a 'dynamic bridge' between the two Asian giants.

"It was only a coincidence that all three leaders were present at the same time at leaders lounge," MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.

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