<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were on Thursday seen having brief exchanges ahead of a media briefing by the BRICS leaders in Johannesburg.</p>.<p>Modi and Xi are in the South African city of Johannesburg to attend the annual summit of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa).</p>.China's Xi Jinping calls for BRICS unity as bloc weighs expansion.<p>Video footage aired by a South African broadcaster showed Modi and Xi having a brief exchange.</p>.<p>There was no official comment on the exchange by either side.</p>.<p>Ahead of the start of the BRICS summit, there was speculation about the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi in Johannesburg.</p>.<p>Modi is travelling to Greece on Thursday evening after concluding his engagements in the South African city.</p>.<p>The prime minister and the Chinese president had a brief encounter at a dinner during the G20 summit in Bali in November last year.</p>.BRICS expansion is message to all global institutions, says PM Modi.<p>The ties between India and China came under severe strain following the eastern Ladakh border row that began in May 2020.</p>.<p>Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks.</p>.<p>India and China held the 19th round of Corps Commander-level talks on August 13 and 14 with a focus on resolving pending issues at the standoff areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.</p>.<p>A joint statement described the talks as 'positive, constructive and in-depth' and that both sides agreed to resolve the remaining issues in an expeditious manner.</p>.<p>Days after the fresh round of high-level talks, the local commanders of the two militaries held a series of negotiations in two separate locations to resolve issues in Depsang Plains and Demchok. </p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were on Thursday seen having brief exchanges ahead of a media briefing by the BRICS leaders in Johannesburg.</p>.<p>Modi and Xi are in the South African city of Johannesburg to attend the annual summit of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa).</p>.China's Xi Jinping calls for BRICS unity as bloc weighs expansion.<p>Video footage aired by a South African broadcaster showed Modi and Xi having a brief exchange.</p>.<p>There was no official comment on the exchange by either side.</p>.<p>Ahead of the start of the BRICS summit, there was speculation about the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi in Johannesburg.</p>.<p>Modi is travelling to Greece on Thursday evening after concluding his engagements in the South African city.</p>.<p>The prime minister and the Chinese president had a brief encounter at a dinner during the G20 summit in Bali in November last year.</p>.BRICS expansion is message to all global institutions, says PM Modi.<p>The ties between India and China came under severe strain following the eastern Ladakh border row that began in May 2020.</p>.<p>Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks.</p>.<p>India and China held the 19th round of Corps Commander-level talks on August 13 and 14 with a focus on resolving pending issues at the standoff areas of Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.</p>.<p>A joint statement described the talks as 'positive, constructive and in-depth' and that both sides agreed to resolve the remaining issues in an expeditious manner.</p>.<p>Days after the fresh round of high-level talks, the local commanders of the two militaries held a series of negotiations in two separate locations to resolve issues in Depsang Plains and Demchok. </p>