New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China President Xi-Jin Ping will come face to face virtually on Tuesday at the 12^th Brics summit that will be hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is the second meet of PM Modi and Xi Jin Ping this month. The government in a statement said that the leaders will discuss intra-brics co-operation and key issues in the global context, including reform of the multilateral system, measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, co-operation in counter-terrorism, trade, health, energy and people to people exchanges.

Ahead the summit, Russian authorities ruled out any possibility of the forum being used to address any bilateral issue but said both India and China could benefit from their participation in brics. While focusing on economic issues especially the need to shore up co-operation in the service sector, Modi is expected to drive home the point that terrorism, terror financing, drug trafficking and organised crime adversely impact the business environment.

Modi had described terrorism at the last summit in Brazil as the biggest threat to development.