PICS: PM Narendra Modi Meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sidelines of G20 Summit

The two leaders have met twice after their informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan in April -- once at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in June in China's Qingdao and the second time at the BRICS summit in South Africa's Johannesburg in July.

After the meeting, the PMO tweeted that the two leaders held productive discussions.

Today's meeting will be important in proving a direction in terms of strengthening our relations, Modi said.

Modi told Xi that he was looking forward to host him for an informal summit next year.

At the meeting, he discussed how to strenghten the bilateral ties between the two neighbours.

Buenos Aires: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.