Modi will leave on Sunday for the BRICS summit. Prime Minister Modi will leave on Sunday for the summit. I don’t think this is an appropriate topic to be discussed at BRICS Summit,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing in Beijing on Thursday. At the BRICS Summit in Goa last year, PM Modi had described Pakistan as the “mothership” of terrorism but disagreement among BRICS member countries had resulted in a joint statement not naming Pakistan-based terrorist groups. India accuses Pakistan of harbouring terrorist groups inimical to India, a charge Pakistan denies.

Source: Mint September 01, 2017 19:18 UTC