PM Modi-Xi Meeting At BRICS Draws Widespread Global Attention: Wang Yi

The meeting marked Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years and his first in-person meeting with Modi since the Galwan clash

PGurus Newsdesk

September 15, 2026

Partners Not Rivals — "Partners, not rivals" — that's how Beijing is now describing India-China ties after the Modi-Xi meeting.

China reveals big takeaway from Modi-Xi meeting

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Xi and PM Modi reached the “most important consensus” that India and China should be partners, as Beijing sums up Xi’s first India visit in seven years

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit drew widespread international attention, as he summed up Xi’s two-day visit to New Delhi on September 12-13. Speaking to Chinese state media on Sunday, Wang said the two leaders held a candid, in-depth exchange on strategic and long-term questions concerning bilateral ties, and reached what he called the “most important consensus”: that China and India should be partners.

What Xi And Modi Reportedly Agreed On

According to Wang, Xi told PM Modi that China and India could draw on each other’s strengths, support one another, and pursue common development together. The two leaders also agreed to jointly maintain peace and tranquillity along the border, and to support each other’s respective BRICS chairmanships — India’s this year, and China’s when it takes over as chair for 2027.

Beyond the bilateral relationship, Wang said the two sides agreed to strengthen coordination within multilateral platforms including the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and the G20, while advancing cooperation across the Global South. The stated goal, per Wang, is for India and China to jointly promote a more multipolar world order and act as a stabilising, progressive force amid global uncertainty.

China’s Follow-Through Signal

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun added on Monday that Beijing intends to work with India to implement the understandings reached between the two leaders, a comment read as a signal that China wants the outcomes of the meeting to translate into concrete follow-up rather than remain diplomatic language.

Why This Meeting Carried Extra Weight

The bilateral holds particular significance given the context: it marked Xi’s first visit to India in nearly seven years, and his and Modi’s first in-person meeting on Indian soil since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash. That backdrop is likely why Beijing has been notably deliberate in publicising the outcome, framing the “partners, not rivals” language as the meeting’s central takeaway for both domestic and international audiences.

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