India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi met in Beijing today on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting.

Mr. Yang also separately met his counterparts from South Africa and Brazil.

Doval had arrived in China yesterday for the two-day Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) NSAs meeting hosted by Yang.

A joint meeting of the NSAs will take place tomorrow. Doval and other heads of the delegations will also call on Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow evening.