After 5 years, bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place on Wednesday, October 23, in the city of Kazan, Russia. After this bilateral conversation, now a video clip of Xi Jinping and PM Modi is going viral on social media.
In this video clip, it can be seen that PM Modi takes the initiative to shake hands with Xi Jinping but Xi Jinping asks him to come forward with a hand gesture. Another video is also being seen in the collage of this video clip. In this clip, East German Chancellor Angela Merkel also does not shake hands with PM Modi like Xi Jinping and asks him to come forward.
- A collage of this video clip is being shared trolling social media. It is being claimed that Xi Jinping has refused to shake hands with PM Modi.
- A verified X handle named INC News wrote- Breaking News: Xi Jinping refused to shake hands with Modiji. (Archive)
More than 70 thousand people have seen the post shared by INC News so far. It has been liked by over 2 thousand people and retweeted over 1 thousand.
- Another verified user also shared the video with this claim and caption.
- A verified user named Sameer Huda wrote – How dare Xi Jinping refuse to shake hands with our PM.
The truth behind the viral video…
Initially we examined the viral video clip of PM Modi and Xi Jinping. During the investigation, we found the entire video related to the viral clip of PM Modi and Xi Jinping on PM Modi's official YouTube channel.
In the beginning of this video, it can be seen that PM Modi takes the initiative to shake hands with Xi Jinping but Xi Jinping asks him to come forward with a hand gesture. After this, Xi Jinping and PM Modi arrived at the center and shook hands with each other and posed for the media.
In the next phase of investigation, we examined viral video clips of PM Modi and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel appearing in viral posts. On searching we found the full video related to this clip on The Tribune News YouTube channel.
In the beginning of this video, it can be seen that after talking to the media, East German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked PM Modi to come to the center, after which she shook hands with PM Modi. This video was uploaded to The Tribune News' YouTube channel on May 30, 2017.
So clear that The claims being made on social media regarding both the viral video clips of PM Modi are completely false . East German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not refuse to shake hands with PM Modi.
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