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Putin, Xi arrive for BRICS summit in India

Russian President Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi for an 11-member BRICS summit. The meeting, dominated by wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, marks a cautious thaw between nuclear-armed rivals India and China. Security was tight as posters of Modi lined streets in the capital.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Friday ahead of an 11-member BRICS summit, NewsWire English reports.1
Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were due to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the two-day meeting, Hiru News - English states.3 4
For China's Xi Jinping, it is his first visit since 2019, marking a cautious thaw between rival neighbors, Ada Derana reports.2
Putin was greeted by India's Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi, footage from Russia's Ria Novosti news agency shows.3
Traffic restrictions and heavy security forces were deployed across the capital to welcome leaders, Delhi police urging patience and cooperation, Ada Derana notes.2
The summit, created as a forum for major emerging economies in 2009, is set to discuss wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, Hiru News - English adds.3

1 NewsWire English · 2 Ada Derana · 3 Hiru News - English · 4 The Island

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