Brushing off the recent two-month discord with China over Dokalam standoff, India displayed robust participation at the BRICS meeting in the Chinese port city of Xiamen. In their first substantive meeting post the 73-day Dokalam face-off, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held "constructive" talks during which it was reaffirmed that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas was a pre-requisite for the development of India-China relations.

Which of the following can be inferred from the given statement?

(I) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first substantive bilateral meeting at the BRICS meeting after the Dokalam standoff, which had put ties between the two countries under strain.

(II) Putting behind the Dokalam standoff, India and China today agreed on a "forward-looking" approach in their ties and make more efforts to ensure that such incidents do not recur.

(III) Counter terrorism issues were taken up during the course of BRICS, which were discussed in this meeting between Modi - Xi Jinping.

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Brushing off the recent two-month discord with China over Dokalam standoff, India displayed robust participation at the BRICS meeting in the Chinese port city of Xiamen. In their first substantive meeting post the 73-day Dokalam face-off, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held "constructive" talks during which it was reaffirmed that maintaining peace and tranquillity in the border areas was a pre-requisite for the development of India-China relations.

Which of the following can be inferred from the given statement?

(I) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first substantive bilateral meeting at the BRICS meeting after the Dokalam standoff, which had put ties between the two countries under strain.

(II) Putting behind the Dokalam standoff, India and China today agreed on a "forward-looking" approach in their ties and make more efforts to ensure that such incidents do not recur.

(III) Counter terrorism issues were taken up during the course of BRICS, which were discussed in this meeting between Modi - Xi Jinping.

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**Solution:**

1. **Statement (I):** The passage states that this was the first substantive meeting post the 73-day Dokalam face-off and that the talks were "constructive." This confirms that Modi and Xi held their first substantive bilateral meeting at the BRICS meeting after the Dokalam standoff, which had strained ties. Hence, (I) can be inferred.

2. **Statement (II):** The passage mentions that both leaders agreed on maintaining peace and tranquillity in border areas as a pre-requisite for development of relations, indicating a "forward-looking" approach to avoid recurrence of such incidents. Thus, (II) can be inferred.

3. **Statement (III):** There is no mention of counter terrorism issues being discussed in the passage. Therefore, (III) cannot be inferred.

**Answer:** (a) Only I and II

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