India courted by rival camps in diplomatic tug of war

US and Japan vie with China and Russia for neutral New Delhi's favor

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in India's first three-way meeting with China and Russia in 12 years and the first-ever trilateral summit with the U.S. and Japan on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires.

OKI NAGAI, Nikkei staff writer

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- India has come under the diplomatic spotlight as a country positioned to tilt the regional power balance, with the leaders of China and Russia as well as the U.S. and Japan holding three-way meetings at the Group of 20 summit here.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday, agreeing to deepen their cooperation in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's unilateralism. The talks were the first among the three countries in 12 years, Indian media reported.

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