Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Russia's Kazan on Tuesday for the 16th BRICS Summit. Russian officials greeted Xi at the airport. Photo: Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinpi

Kazan, Russia - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in Kazan, capital city of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, to attend the 16th BRICS Summit, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian city of Kazan is hosting leaders from the world's emerging economies, including those from a new batch of members that joined BRICS this year.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has landed in the Russian city of Kazan for the BRICS summit of emerging industrialized nations. Television images showed the head of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov,

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

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. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.

Questions remain about a potential meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both leaders are in Kazan for the BRICS summit, but neither side has confirmed if or when they will meet.