LIVE: Formal talks between PM Narendra Modi, President Jinping underway in Xi’an

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Live Updates on Narendra Modi’s China visit

2:41 pm: The two leaders along with officials from both sides are engaged in formal delegation-level talks right now.

Now for some business. President Xi Jinping and PM @narendramodi at formal delegation level talks pic.twitter.com/gSgFaV3I6D

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) May 14, 2015

1:14 pm: And the two leaders meet. PM Modi shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and proceeded for talks.

PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese President Xí Jìnpíng in Xi’an #ModiInChina pic.twitter.com/vxTiPEW3gw

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 14, 2015

11:53 am: Glad to see enthusiasm among the people of China, tweeted PM Modi.

Am very glad to see the enthusiasm among the people of China. People-to-people ties are always special. https://t.co/8kD1jCicFx

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 14, 2015

11:06 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is here seen interacting with people on a street in Xi’an.

Interacting with people in Xi’an. #ModiInChina pic.twitter.com/FjbJGZYgM6

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 14, 2015

9:56 am: Twitter provides a detour to history for PM Modi. He re-tweets a photo of former PM AB Vajpayee when he visited China in 1979.

9:53 am: PM Modi is now visiting the Daxingshan temple in Xi’an.

Traversing centuries. From the 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. PM @narendramodi at Daxingshan temple pic.twitter.com/bxqv9nS2cz

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) May 14, 2015

9:22 am: Meanwhile, the Chinese official media today said that PM Modi will be accorded the ‘highest-level reception’ by President Xi Jinping as the two leaders look to deepen their ties. He will arrive in Beijing later tonight and meet Premier Li Keqiang tomorrow for talks. Modi’s visit to Xi’an, hometown of Xi Jinping, is seen as a reciprocal visit of Jinping’s visit to Gujarat.

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8:56 am: Here’s another picture of the Prime Minister at the museum.

PM Modi at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi’an, China (Twitter/PMOIndia)

8.47 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the famous Terracotta Warriors museum which has a large collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.

PM Modi at the Terracotta Warriors museum in Xi’an, China (Courtesy: Twitter/PMOIndia)

08.30 am: PM Modi would later visit the famous Buddhist Dashang temple in Shaanxi province, the home province of President Xi, who has restored its old glory by making it the headquarters of his mega Silk Road projects.

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08.00 am: Prime Minister Modi has begun his visit to China with the city of Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province and also the home province of President Xi Jinping. As Indian Express had reported earlier, “a key reason behind Modi’s visit to President Xi’s home province — Lao Jia (Old house in Mandarin), as the Chinese proudly say — was that leaders from Shaanxi have become a powerful group in China’s top decision-making bodies.”

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07.00 am: PM Narendra Modi lands in China. He will be visiting China, Mongolia and South-Korea in this tour.

#TopStory PM Narendra Modi in China, begins his three-nation visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea.

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 14, 2015

#TopStory PM Narendra Modi in China, begins his three-nation visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea.

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 14, 2015

Not an ordinary city. Not an ordinary welcome. PM @narendramodi being greeted at Xi’an airport. pic.twitter.com/WnXVapyGGJ

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) May 13, 2015

Ni Hao!. PM @narendramodi  arrives in the historic city of Xi’an, on the first leg of his China visit pic.twitter.com/WYA8A5kl1M

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) May 13, 2015

Kal, Aaj aur Kal… Xi’an, Beijing & Shanghai on PM @narendramodi’s itinerary on his visit to China. #IndiaChina pic.twitter.com/lyehjXAszG

— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) May 13, 2015

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(With inputs from PTI)