A meeting between the two leaders comes just two days after they settled a tense border dispute in the Himalayas. But experts said their long-term geopolitical rivalry would persist.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first bilateral meeting in five years.

India and China have reached an agreement to resolve the border standoff in Eastern Ladakh. The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry was asked about the deal today. A Chinese spokesperson said - India and China have been in "close communication".