Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi this weekend, when the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit opens at Bharat Mandapam on September 12, Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years.
With it comes the question that has hung over the summit for weeks: Will Modi, Xi and Putin share a frame on Indian soil, days after all three attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, and a year after their Tianjin handshake drew global attention? And would it mean anything more this time, at a summit India is hosting?
