India, Sept. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday signalled a significant consolidation of India-China relations, agreeing to take bilateral ties on a strategic and long-term trajectory and making clear that differences between the two countries should not be allowed to become disputes. The evening bilateral between Modi and Xi took place after the Prime Minister announced the New Delhi Declaration earlier in the afternoon at the BRICS Summit. The sequencing of the two events adds significance to the bilateral engagement, as the declaration provided the broader multilateral backdrop for the discussions between the two leaders. The Modi-Xi meeting was among the most closely watched bilateral engagem...