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SCO Summit highlights: PM Modi underlined need for peace in border areas in talks with Xi Jinping, MEA says
SCO Summit 2025 highlights: Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which he emphasised that New Delhi is committed to taking its relations with China forward.
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- 7:24 PM IST, Aug 31Foreign secretary Vikram Misri briefs media
- 7:17 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi meets Armenia's Pashinyan
- 7:00 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi holds talks with Vietnamese counterpart
- 6:52 PM IST, Aug 31What PM Modi said after meeting Myanmar's acting President
- 6:22 PM IST, Aug 31SCO Summit LIVE: PM Modi meets Kazakhstan's Tokayev
- 6:03 PM IST, Aug 31World leaders pose for group photo
- 5:55 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi meets Egypt's Mostafa Madbouly
- 5:52 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi received by President Xi for official reception
- 5:45 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi meets Nepal's KP Oli
- 5:44 PM IST, Aug 31World leaders arrive for official reception at SCO
- 5:38 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi holds interaction with President Muizzu of Maldives
- 2:00 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi invites Xi to 2026 BRICS Summit in India
- 1:57 PM IST, Aug 31India-China ties should not be seen through third country lens, says Modi
- 1:54 PM IST, Aug 31MEA
- 1:49 PM IST, Aug 31Xi Jinping meets Maldives President, calls for deepening ties
- 1:42 PM IST, Aug 31LIVE | Modi, Xi talk on 'successful' resolution of India-China border conflict
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- 12:34 PM IST, Aug 31China-India relations can be promising, says Xi
- 12:33 PM IST, Aug 31Xi says India-China development opportunities for each other, than threats
- 12:31 PM IST, Aug 31China-India at critical stage of development, says Xi
- 12:29 PM IST, Aug 31China-India cooperation partners, not rivals, says Xi
- 12:24 PM IST, Aug 315 Takeaways from Modi, Xi meeting in China
- 12:02 PM IST, Aug 31PM Modi holds meeting with Secretary of CCP Secretariat
- 11:57 AM IST, Aug 31China, Armenia establish strategic partnership, says report
- 11:37 AM IST, Aug 31Putin
- 11:04 AM IST, Aug 31Must step to our historic responsibilities, says Xi Jinping
- 10:49 AM IST, Aug 31Vital for Dragon and Elephant to come together, says Xi Jinping
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- 10:35 AM IST, Aug 31Modi-Xi bilateral meeting is now over
- 10:34 AM IST, Aug 31Modi on agreement over border management, Kailash Mansarovar Yatra & direct flights
- 10:26 AM IST, Aug 31Determined to take ties forward on mutual trust, respect, says PM
- 10:20 AM IST, Aug 31What PM said in opening remarks during talks with Xi
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- 9:37 AM IST, Aug 31PM Modi, Xi Jinping bilateral meeting begins
- 9:11 AM IST, Aug 31Nepal PM raises India-China Lipulekh trade route issue with Xi
- 9:02 AM IST, Aug 31PM Modi to meet Xi Jinping shortly
- 8:49 AM IST, Aug 31Two key things on PM Modi's Sunday schedule
- 8:20 AM IST, Aug 31Who all are attending?
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- 8:13 AM IST, Aug 31PM Modi to hold bilateral meeting with Putin on Monday
- 8:09 AM IST, Aug 31PM Modi to meet Xi Jinping today
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- 7:57 AM IST, Aug 31PM Modi in Tianjin, meets Indian diaspora ahead of summit
SCO Summit 2025 highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with several other world 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.
...Read MoreThe 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 meeting
Russian 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.
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Kremlin 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 points
- PM 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.
