Kochi: After a gap of seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in China on Saturday, media reports said.
Modi will be attending the crucial SCO summit and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The both leaders are expected to take stock of trade ties and deliberate on steps to further normalise relations.
Modi arrived in Tianjin after concluding his trip to Japan, will be in China till September 1.
Modi will also attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which holds special significance amid the rising concerns over the 50% US tariffs on India which came into effect on Wednesday.
Modi is likely to hold bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders on the sidelines of the SCO summit. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had visited India a fortnight back.
Modi visited China in June 2018 to attend the SCO summit while Xi Jinping visited India in October 2019 for the second “informal summit”.
Modi is visiting China for the first time following the Galwan Valley clashes in 2020.
The two countries have taken many steps to normalise ties including resumption of trade through the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, Shipki La Pass in Himachal Pradesh, and Nathu La Pass in Sikkim.
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Modi in China
