Chinese President Jinping arrives in Goa for BRICS summit, Modi tweets welcome

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on his arrival in Goa on Saturday ahead of the BRICS Summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping on his arrival in Goa on Saturday ahead of the BRICS Summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Goa for the eighth BRICS summit on October 14, 2016. Jinping will go into a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the BRICS summit begins. (AFP)

“India is delighted to host President Xi Jinping for the @BRICS2016 Summit. May his visit further strengthen India-China relations,” Modi tweeted.

Jinping was given a red carpet welcome after he got off the aircraft at the Dabolim Airport and was received by minister of state for external affairs, VK Singh.

Modi is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Jinping for nearly half an hour on Saturday evening at the Taj Exotica resort here.

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India and China are expected to discuss the fallouts of the deadly cross-border terror attack on an army camp at Uri on Jammu and Kashmir last month attack by Pakistan-based, while India will make a pitch with its eastern neighbour to further isolate Islamabad, for backing terror infrastructure.

Nearly 43 Tibetan protesters were detained by the police, subsequently.

The eighth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit will be held here on Sunday, which will be followed by a signature ceremony and a meeting with the leaders of the member states of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec).

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