Meeting took place on the sidelines of the three-day BRICS gathering KAZAN, Russia: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held their first bilateral meeting in five years, days after their countries reached a deal on their contested border. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the three-day BRICS gathering hosted by President Vladimir Putin in the Russian city of Kazan, an Indian foreign ministry official said in a statement.