Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the plenary session of the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council summit today in Tianjin, following which he will hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
PM Modi told Xi that India and China pursue strategic autonomy and ‘their relations should not be seen through a third country lens.’
PM Narendra Modi’s visit marks the second meeting between the two leaders in 10 months. They last met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan.
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी चीन और जापान दौरे पर, शी जिनपिंग और व्लादिमीर पुतिन से मुलाकात, भारत-चीन संबंधों में नई पहल की पूरी जानकारी
The MEA said India and China would work together to “maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas through friendly consultations” while addressing each other’s concerns.
新华社新德里8月19日电（记者伍岳、陈冬书）当地时间2025年8月18日，中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅在新德里同印度外交部长苏杰生举行会谈。双方就共同关心的双边、地区和国际问题进行了积极、建设
The two sides agreed to create an expert group under the WMCC on border affairs to explore “early harvest in boundary delimitation”.
This is the first visit by a Chinese Minister since Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the BRICS leaders’ summit in Russia’s Kazan in October 2024.
PM’s August-end trip will be his first to China since 2018. India-China trade through Lipulekh, Shipki La & Nathu La passes have all remained paused since the pandemic & 2020 Galwan clashes.
