The Thaw on the Himalayas: Xi's India Visit and the BRICS Summit Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India for the 18th BRICS summit marks a significant development in the thawing of relations between the two nations.
The backdrop of global tensions, including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, trade turbulence, and energy security concerns, casts a long shadow over this meeting.
The Himalayan border dispute remains unresolved, with both sides retaining heavy military deployments along their 3,500 kilometre long high altitude frontier.