TIL Desk/National/Wuhan/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are all set to begin their two-day unprecedented “heart-to-heart” summit today at Wuhan, a favourite holiday spot of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.
Prime Minister Modi arrived here early today for the informal summit with President Xi during which officials say the two leaders would hold one-on-one conversations focussing on global, regional and bilateral issues.
The two leaders will begin their marathon one-on-one talks after lunch at the Hubei Provincial Museum here which has a large number of state-level historic and cultural relics.
It will be followed by talks between the two leaders accompanied by six top officials from each side. The two will have one-on-one dinner at the famous East Lake, a favourite holiday destination of China’s revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.
They will resume their one-on-one interaction tomorrow at 10 a.m (local time) with walks by the lake side, boat ride and wind up their talks over lunch, official sources here said.
The two leaders began their informal meetings way back in 2014 when Xi was hosted by Modi at the Sabarmati Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi in Gujarat. They have met and interacted with each other in about a dozen international meetings since then. But this will be their “heart-to-heart” informal summit. There will be no agreement signed or a joint statement issued.