# Xi leaves for 18th BRICS Summit in India

https://mins.news/en/item/55403

- China News Service, 2026-09-12 01:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/china/2026-09-12/detail-ihfkanuz5379320.shtml

> Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Beijing on Saturday for the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His entourage includes Cai Qi, director of the CPC Central Committee General Office, and Wang Yi, China's foreign minister.

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