The President of China — Xi Jingping visited India from September 17-19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received President Xi in Ahmedabad following which the two leaders traveled to New Delhi for a bilateral summit meeting on September 18. The stapled visa issue and border talks figured on the agenda of the bilateral talks.
Several key agreements were signed between India and China. Agreements that will help India tap Chinese investment to give a boost to the country’s infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.
The visit came amid a renewed border incursion by People’s Liberation Army troops in Ladakh.
Xi Jinping’s visit came just ahead of Modi’s visit to the U.S. where he will be hosted American President Barack Obama.