Xi to visit India this year after PM's invite

June 13, 2019 18:29

Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India later this year for an informal summit, the foreign ministry said today after his bilateral meeting with PM Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO summit. PM Modi had reached Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, earlier today to take part in the two-day summit.

"PM Modi invited Xi (to India) for the next informal summit. Xi confirmed his readiness to visit India this year and that both sides should begin preparations," said foreign secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale.

PM Modi and Xi Jinping had held their first informal summit in Wuhan in April last year, which was a great success.

At that meeting, President Jinping had accepted PM Modi's invitation to come to India for a second meeting.

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