PM Modi, China’s Xi Jinping exchange greetings at G20 summit dinner in Indonesia | CPT PPP Coverage

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping publicly exchanged greetings on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali on Tuesday, the first meeting since the Chinese PLA and the Indian Army’s standoff in April 2020.

Watch: PM Modi, Xi Jinping talk at G20 dinner; first public exchange since 2020 LAC standoff

In September, Modi and President Xi had come face-to-face at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbek city of Samarkand for the first time since the start of the border standoff in eastern Ladakh. But there was no report of a handshake or exchange of pleasantries between Modi and Xi at that time.

Modi met Xi at the G20 dinner hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali. A live video feed for the media from the welcome dinner hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for G20 delegates showed the exchange between the two leaders.

There had been some speculation over a possible bilateral meeting between the two leaders on the margins of the Group of 20 Summit, which began Tuesday. But the agenda made known by both sides so far does not slot such a meeting.

It is believed that there has been no separate meeting taking place between the two leaders there.

In Bali, the handshake took place towards the end of the dinner. The two greeted each other as Xi walked by. They shook hands and the video showed a brief relaxed conversation before the camera moved elsewhere and the transmission ended.

The dinner was held at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park in a somewhat informal setting. G20 leaders watched dance performances as they dined.

(With inputs from PTI)