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SCO Summit highlights: PM Modi underlined need for peace in border areas in talks with Xi Jinping, MEA says

Posted on: Aug 31, 2025 07:59 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
SCO Summit highlights: PM Modi underlined need for peace in border areas in talks with Xi Jinping, MEA says
SCO breast 2025 highlights: ground government minister Narendra Modi, on with several other domain leaders, is in northern China's Tianjin for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit from August 31 to September 1.Amid an ongoing attempt to reset strained ties, PM Modi held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Modi emphasised that New Delhi is committed to taking its relations with China forward on the basis of mutual trust, respect and sensitivity. He also noted that there is peace and stability on the borders.The two leaders had last met on the sidelines of the 2024 BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan. The Prime Minister's visit to China marks his first such trip to the country in seven years.The Modi-Xi meeting also gains significance amid the ongoing tensions with the US due to the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.Modi-Putin meetingRussian President Vladimir Putin is also in Tianjin for the summit. PM Modi is scheduled to meet Putin on Monday after the SCO Summit.Their meeting is likely to focus on strengthening India-Russia cooperation in trade and defence, the US pressure on India over its Russian oil purchases, and Putin's planned visit to India for an annual summit.ALSO READ | Zelenskyy dials Modi ahead of PM’s meeting with PutinKremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday that preparations for the Russian President's visit to India in December would be discussed when he meets PM Modi.SCO Summit 2025 | Key pointsPM Modi is holding bilateral talks with Xi Jinping amid strained ties with the US and attempts to revamp India-China relations.Indian officials have said they expect the SCO Summit to strongly condemn cross-border terrorism, in keeping with the founding principles of the bloc.The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was formed by China, Russia and several Central Asian states in 2001, with an aim of countering terrorism, separatism and extremism. India became a full member of the SCO in June 2017.Other than PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly are also among the attendees of the SCO Summit.On Sunday, PM Modi will also attend a welcome banquet dinner. Meanwhile, the main leaders' summit will take place on Monday, September 1.

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