While addressing a press conference in Tamil Nadu’s Mahabalipuram on October 11, Foreign Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Vijay Gokhale said, “There has been nearly five hours of quality time and discussion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping of China have spent together. Most of it was one to one.”

The two leaders will hold one-on-one talks at the Fisherman's Cove resort on October 12. This will be followed up by delegation-level talks. After the talks, Modi will host a lunch for Chinese President Xi Jinping.