Reportedly the second informal summit between Prime Minister narendra modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the seaside temple town of Mamallapuram in Tamilnadu is expected to focus on taking forward bilateral ties notwithstanding differences on several sticky issues. Even though there is no official announcement either from Indian or Chinese side about Xi's visit, it is learnt that the Chinese president will arrive in Chennai on Friday afternoon and will leave the next day.
Furthermore diplomatic sources said the focus of the talks will be to ensure mutual development and expanding overall ties. Perhaps officials involved in preparations for the informal summit said Xi will stay for around 24 hours in india and the main informal summit is likely to take place on Saturday morning. Apparently as was the format in the first informal summit in Chinese city of Wuhan, modi and Xi will have occasions to spend time one on one without being accompanied by officials and in Mamallapuram, modi is likely take Xi to witness heritage temples and monuments built by the Pallava dynasty in 7th and 8th centuries
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Moreover the two leaders are likely to visit the seafront Shore temple on the evening of October 11 and attend a cultural program. In the evening, modi is expected to host a private dinner for Xi. Perhaps the informal summit is taking place at a time when New delhi has been upset over Beijing's position on India's decision to withdraw special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into Union Territories. Moreover india was particularly disappointed over Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi raising the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly and criticizing New Delhi's move.
