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BRICS Summit 2017: Amazing turnaround on terror from Goa to Xiamen, but uncertainty remains post-Doka La
David Devadas • 8 years agoFocused diplomacy by India's security managers in Xiamen appears to have borne fruit as Pakistan rejected the BRICS declaration adopted by China.
India, China discard old ideologies: With a weak US, Asian neighbours focus on new geopolitical concerns
Sandipan Sharma • 8 years agoIndia and China's decision to have a "forward-looking" discussion at the bilateral meeting between the heads of the two governments during the 9th BRICS Summit underlines the growing need for policy realignment in a rapidly changing world.
Narendra Modi visits Myanmar amid raging crisis over Rohingyas
Fp Staff • 8 years agoNarendra Modi arrived in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday on a three-day visit to Myanmar amid a raging crisis involving Rohingyas in the country's Rakhine state.
Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping BRICS meeting: Doka La standoff may have rescued India-China relationship from a freefall
Sreemoy Talukdar • 8 years agoIndia's position as a status-quoist, liberal democracy makes it vulnerable before a revisionist superpower such as China which has shown repeated disregard for sovereign boundaries or international rules-based order as it seeks to throw its neo-colonial weight driven by a deep, historical resentment.
BRICS Summit 2017: Counter-terrorism, climate change and sustainable development reverberates in meet
Fp Staff • 8 years agoFive major emerging economies opened the BRICS summit at China's Xiamen on Monday to map out their future course
BRICS Summit 2017 as it happened: After 'fruitful' meeting with Xi Jinping, Modi heads to Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis
Fp Staff • 8 years agoModi had arrived in China on Sunday and attended the BRICS Summit on Monday.
BRICS Summit 2017: In a 'forward-looking' conversation, Modi, Xi discuss new border mechanisms to avoid Doka La-like standoff
Fp Staff • 8 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen on Tuesday, with Xi calling for "healthy, stable bilateral ties" between the two countries.
Brics Summit 2017: Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping meeting focusses on bilateral ties, moving on from Doka La
Fp Staff • 8 years agoBRICS Summit 2017: Narendra Modi calls for coordinated action on counter terrorism, cyber security
• 8 years agoPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched for coordinated action on counter terrorism, cyber security and disaster management, as he suggested 10 'noble commitments' through which BRICS leadership in global transformation can be achieved.
BRICS Summit 2017: India must avoid drawing the wrong conclusions from China's tactical concessions on LeT, JeM
Sreemoy Talukdar • 8 years agoIt is important not to draw all the wrong inferences from Monday's turn of events at the BRICS Summit 2017.