PM Modi, Chinese President Xi shake fingers at aspect occasion at G20 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook fingers Tuesday at a aspect occasion on the G20 Summit right here, a gesture drawing some consideration due to the strained relations between the 2 international locations over a border conflict two years again.

A reside video feed for the media from the welcome dinner hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for G20 delegates confirmed the alternate between the 2 leaders.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at G20 dinner hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali, Indonesia.

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There had been some hypothesis over a attainable bilateral assembly between the 2 leaders on the margins of the Group of 20 Summit, which started Tuesday. But the agenda made recognized by either side to this point doesn’t slot such a gathering.

In September, Prime Minister Modi and President Xi got here face-to-face on the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbek metropolis of Samarkand for the primary time for the reason that begin of the border standoff in japanese Ladakh.

There was no report of a handshake or alternate of pleasantries between Modi and Xi at the moment.