India not averse to trilateral meet with Russia and China
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping of China and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are likely to attend the BRICS summit to be hosted by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on July 6 and 7. Moscow is keen to use the opportunity to hold the RIC (Russia-India-China) summit after a hiatus of six years.
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