Brics Summit New Delhi

China on Monday expressed its support for India in hosting this year's BRICS summit and said it will work with New Delhi to strengthen the cooperation among the five-member grouping of emerging economies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday emplaned for New Delhi after attending a "very productive" BRICS summit in Brazil during which the member nations held dialogues on cementing ties in trade, innovation, technology and culture.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today said the 73-day standoff between India and China in Doklam ended after India withdrew its troops and asked New Delhi to "learn lessons" and prevent such incidents in future.

Ramping up bilateral ties, India and Russia are likely to sign key defence deals worth billions of dollars tomorrow as Moscow hopes to stave off tough competition from the Americans and the Europeans to continue being New Delhi's foremost defence supplier.

\Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Russia remained the top supplier of advanced weapons and defence technology to its "privileged strategic partner" India and added that Moscow and other BRICS nations were determined to back New Delhi's anti-terror fight.

The first trade fair of the BRICS countries, aimed at deepening their economic engagement, trade and investment ties, got underway in New Delhi on Wednesday, to be followed by meetings of the BRICS Business Forum and BRICS Business Council, ahead of the leaders' summit in Goa later this week.

India need not feel "jealous" about close relations between China and Bangladesh in the wake of President Xi Jinping's impending Dhaka visit, state media said today while observing that it would not be bad if such a relationship puts pressure on New Delhi to improve Sino-India ties.

China is willing to discuss "possibilities" with India on its bid to become a full-fledged member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a senior Chinese diplomat said today, holding out an olive branch ahead of BRICS summit in Goa.

Countries sponsoring and harbouring terrorists should be made to pay the price, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today, calling for a united global fight against terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi on Thursday night after taking part in the sixth BRICS summit in Brazil.

India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi next year, giving importance to the grouping notwithstanding the BRICS forum of which these countries are also members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff today called Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his landslide win in the Lok Sabha polls and said they were looking forward to meet him in the BRICS summit in July.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping during the summit of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in Durban, South Africa. This was the first structured high-level contact between the two countries since the change of leadership in China. The meeting lasted for 45 minutes.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said he looked forward to the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban in finding ways to revive growth, push investments and sustain macroeconomic stability.

A day after the BRICS countries warned against military action in Iran and Syria, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday held bilateral talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff and underlined that the crisis in West Asia can only be resolved through dialogue.

China on Monday expressed its support for India in hosting this year's BRICS summit and said it will work with New Delhi to strengthen the cooperation among the five-member grouping of emerging economies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday emplaned for New Delhi after attending a "very productive" BRICS summit in Brazil during which the member nations held dialogues on cementing ties in trade, innovation, technology and culture.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today said the 73-day standoff between India and China in Doklam ended after India withdrew its troops and asked New Delhi to "learn lessons" and prevent such incidents in future.

Ramping up bilateral ties, India and Russia are likely to sign key defence deals worth billions of dollars tomorrow as Moscow hopes to stave off tough competition from the Americans and the Europeans to continue being New Delhi's foremost defence supplier.

\Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Russia remained the top supplier of advanced weapons and defence technology to its "privileged strategic partner" India and added that Moscow and other BRICS nations were determined to back New Delhi's anti-terror fight.

The first trade fair of the BRICS countries, aimed at deepening their economic engagement, trade and investment ties, got underway in New Delhi on Wednesday, to be followed by meetings of the BRICS Business Forum and BRICS Business Council, ahead of the leaders' summit in Goa later this week.

India need not feel "jealous" about close relations between China and Bangladesh in the wake of President Xi Jinping's impending Dhaka visit, state media said today while observing that it would not be bad if such a relationship puts pressure on New Delhi to improve Sino-India ties.

China is willing to discuss "possibilities" with India on its bid to become a full-fledged member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a senior Chinese diplomat said today, holding out an olive branch ahead of BRICS summit in Goa.

Countries sponsoring and harbouring terrorists should be made to pay the price, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today, calling for a united global fight against terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi on Thursday night after taking part in the sixth BRICS summit in Brazil.

India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi next year, giving importance to the grouping notwithstanding the BRICS forum of which these countries are also members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff today called Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his landslide win in the Lok Sabha polls and said they were looking forward to meet him in the BRICS summit in July.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping during the summit of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in Durban, South Africa. This was the first structured high-level contact between the two countries since the change of leadership in China. The meeting lasted for 45 minutes.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said he looked forward to the 5th BRICS Summit in Durban in finding ways to revive growth, push investments and sustain macroeconomic stability.

A day after the BRICS countries warned against military action in Iran and Syria, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday held bilateral talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff and underlined that the crisis in West Asia can only be resolved through dialogue.