(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday at the BRICS summit in Russia, India's foreign secretary said, their first meeting since 2020 when ties nosedived after their forces clashed on their disputed frontier.

The meeting, expected to focus on improvements in India-China relations after both sides reached a consensus on a patrolling arrangement along the LAC following years of tensions, is set to happen on

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan city of Russia. The meeting will be held two days after Beijing and New Delhi reached an agreement to end the standoff between the two armies in the eastern Ladakh region of disputed Jammu and Kashmir.

China's President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Kazan, Russia, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, Chinese state television CCTV reported. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, where he is likely to hold bilateral meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Preside