PM Modi expected to visit China for SCO Summit, in another thaw in bilateral ties
New Delhi, Aug 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit China to attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, to be held in Tianjin, from August 31 to September 1.
PM Modi’s visit to China to attend the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the SCO would mark another step towards the normalisation of ties between the two nations since the two sides agreed on disengagement between their troops along the boundary following the Kazan meeting in October 2024.
PM Modi had last visited China in 2019.
However, his meeting with President Xi Jinping in Kazan, on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in October last year, marked the first major step in the thawing of ties, which had soured majorly following the 2020 bloody Galwan border clash.
Last month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
During their talks in Beijing, Wang Yi had noted that China-India relations have sustained a momentum of improvement and development, which has not come easily and should be cherished with great care.
PM Modi’s visit to China also comes as the two countries mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between them.
China is hosting the summit for the fifth time.
The theme for China’s 2025 SCO presidency is “Upholding the Shanghai Spirit: SCO on the Move”.
PM Modi is also expected to visit Japan for the annual summit talks.
However, there has been no official statement regarding the visits.
