Modi-Xi summit: A cautious step, but India must not lower its guard

The Galwan clash occurred six months after the Doklam disengagement and two high-profile meetings. India must not lower its guard

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met formally on October 23 after a gap of five years in Russia’s Kazan, on the margins of the Brics+ meeting hosted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Brics is a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which has recently expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran  and the United Arab Emirates. It is, therefore, a unique assemblage of several major emerging economies and representative of the Global South. This geopolitical context is important. The value of Brics as a leading group of the Global South would