India, July 31 -- China on Thursday said it supports India to make this year's BRICS summit a "full success" but remained evasive about President Xi Jinping's attendance.

"BRICS is an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here.

"China attaches great importance to and actively participates in BRICS cooperation. We support this year's chair, India in making the BRICS Summit a full success", she said, but evaded answering a question on whether Xi would attend the meeting.

"For (the) specifics you mentioned, I have no information to share at the moment", she said. BRICS, originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and...