 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their informal summit in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, on Friday. Photo: PTI")
On the first day of their informal summit in the historical port town of Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday discussed India’s trade deficit with China and the need to enhance bilateral trade, both by volume and value. They also discussed the common challenge of radicalisation and terrorism that the two countries face.
In the wake of recent developments over the Kashmir issue, there were concerns if the two leaders would be able to rekindle the “Wuhan spirit”, a reference to their first informal summit in China in April 2018 that
