PM Modi arrives in Beijing after Xi'an visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Beijing on Thursday evening after completing the first part of his three-day

tour of China in Xi'an.

The Prime Minister's stay in Beijing would witness the first meeting of the India-China state and provincial leader's forum.

He is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and is expected to sign a number of agreements at the conclusion of the

talks.

Prime Minister Modi will also visit Shanghai before arriving in Mongolia on Saturday.

The Prime Minister was earlier accorded a traditional tang dynasty welcome at South City Wall in Xi'an. He also witnessed a grand

cultural programme at the Pot City Courtyard.

Prime Minister Modi also visited the terracotta warriors and a Xian pagoda connected to Xuanzang, also known as Tripitaka, the monk who

bought the Buddhist sutras to China from India thousands of years ago.

The Prime Minister presented replicas of a stone casket of Buddhist relics and a stone statue of Lord Buddha to President Xi Jinping, with

whom he held summit-level talks in Xi'an.

Prime Minister Modi also appreciated the Chinese leader for warmly receiving him outside Beijing.