Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan on Tuesday. PM Modi invited Putin to visit India next year for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit.

(Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, India's foreign secretary said on Tuesday.

Some of Moscow’s key allies rallied round Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on the first day of a major summit that the Kremlin hopes will show Western attempts to isolate it over the Ukraine offensive have failed.

During a landmark meeting on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the need for collaboration. This marks the leaders' first formal interaction in five years,

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and some other BRICS leaders discussed the war in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin chief chaired a major summit aimed at showing Western attempts to isolate Russia have failed.

The BRICS summit in Russia will be the "the largest foreign policy event ever held" by Russia, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov has said. The summit with include 36 countries with over 20 represented by heads of state. Russian President Vladimir Putin has positioned the BRICS summit as a counterweight to the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday touted the creation of a new "multipolar world order" at the BRICS summit, a gathering of world leaders he hopes will show that Western attempts to isolate Moscow over its Ukraine offensive have failed.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. The meeting, confirmed by India’s Foreign Secretary,