Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in China Tianjin on 30 August for his first visit in seven years. Narendra Modi is supposed to organize meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin and during the China trip participated in the summit of the organization in Shanghai (SCO).
PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to organize two bilateral meetings today, August 31, on the SCO Summit in Tianjin. Both nations seek to strengthen ties in the middle of the global tension trade caused by US President Donald Trump.
Also read | PM modi today meet Xi Jinping; What’s on the program?
Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting with President XI around noon and a possible second before the official banquet of the SCO summit, according to sources, PTI press agency said, quoting resources.
On Monday, September 1, the Prime Minister will participate in the SCO summit and will probably have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before leaving home.
The 10-member block Summit is considered to be significant and most consistent in terms of the relations between India in China in the current context of a sudden decline in India-USA after Trump has deposited 50 % of tariffs on Indian exports.
Modi-Xi Meeting
Although Narendra Modi is expected to have a bilateral encounter with several leaders, his meeting with XI will be the most watched, not only in India and China, but around the world.
The result of the meeting is expected to set the tone for the future course of bilateral relations, which, as experts say that experts look clear when both countries faced the onslaught of Trump’s tariffs.
XI and Modi met last year in Kazan on the edge of the Brics Summit, which ended after four years of debt or freezing in bilateral ties over the military tension in the eastern Ladak.
Also read | Modi’s refusal to support Trump’s Nobel Nobel Prize Push Neighbor India-US: Message
Before Ladakh tension from 2020, Modi and XI met many times in bilateral and multilateral peaks, including informal summits. Both sides have intensified extensive interactions since the Kazan meeting.
The Modi-Xi meeting gains meaning and raises the expectations that it can provide a wider plan for increased links. Pakistan, a member of the SCO, will also be present in Tianjin, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will participate in the summit.
It was expected that Modi’s meeting with Putin attracted global attention because Trump chose India to increase the customs efforts to buy Russian oil and gas.
At the Modi-Xi meeting, Chinese strategic analysts say that the participation of the Prime Minister at the SCO meeting is important for their bilateral relations and the summit itself.
Also read | PM modi in China for Scco Summit; To meet Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin
“Over the past 10 years, they had a very friendly and sincere meeting. China hopes to encourage Modi the joint efforts of all parties to become the highlight of SCO successful and fertile,” said Zhou Rong, professor of strategic studies at Renmin University University.
Over the past 10 years, they had a very friendly and sincere meeting. China hopes that Modi’s arrival will encourage the common efforts of all parties to make the peak of SCO successful and fruitful.
Although China and India have begun to make common efforts to repair its ties, it makes sense that China would be pragmatic and cautious in dealing with India, Prof Rong, adding that “we need a good neighboring relationship with India and we have to revive two great civilizations”.
(Tagstotranslate) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
