Mamallapuram

Mamallapuram (ABC Live India): Modi-Xi Jinping Informal Summit : Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed that 2nd Informal Summit at Mamallapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu has begun a “New Era of Cooperation” between India and China.

Mamallapuram: Security has been heightened in Mamallapuram ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit.

The town can do much better if a restaurant and a site museum are constructed, said Balan, a tourist guide of Mamallapuram.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday extended a warm welcome to both the leaders and recalled the Chinese connection with the host town Mamallapuram.

India’s foreign ministry said Xi and Modi met in the seaside temple town of Mamallapuram over dinner for nearly two hours on Friday.

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Low lying electricity distribution boxes were removed and hanging power cables replaced in Mamallapuram.

On Saturday, PM Modi was seen cleaning up a Mamallapuram beach by picking up plastic litter and other waste during his morning walk.

Police have banned surfing activities around Mamallapuram in view of the high-level summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

Prime Minister Modi welcomed President Xi at the Fisherman's Cove in Mamallapuram for talks on the second day of second informal India-China summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet later this month in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu from Oct 11-13.

Xi and Modi met over dinner for more than two hours on Friday after the Indian prime minister took the Chinese president around an ancient temple and some other monuments that are part of UNESCO’s world heritage sites in Mamallapuram.

Xi will hold the informal meeting with Modi in the coastal town of Mamallapuram near Chennai from October 11 to 12 and then pay a state visit to Nepal on October 13, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced here on Wednesday.