September 1, 2025 1:48 PM

PM Modi leaves for India after concluding ‘productive visit’ to China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for India on Monday after a “productive” visit to China, where he attended the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. During the visit, he also held bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Concluding a productive visit to China, where I attended the SCO Summit and interacted with various world leaders. Also emphasised India’s stand on key global issues. Thankful to Presiden...

September 1, 2025 2:50 PM

PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Putin, says India and Russia have ‘always walked shoulder-to-shoulder’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, emphasizing that close cooperation between India and Russia is vital for global peace, prosperity, and stability. "The leaders discussed bilateral cooperation, including in the economic, financial, and energy sectors and expressed satisfaction with the sustained growth in bilateral ties in these areas," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a stateme...

September 1, 2025 12:44 PM

Putin lauds India’s efforts in resolving Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said he “highly valued” the contributions of India and other strategic partners in facilitating a resolution to the Ukraine conflict. “We highly value the efforts and proposals of China, India, and our other strategic partners aimed at facilitating the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis,” Putin said at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. He also noted that the “understandings” reached with US President Donald Trump at their...

September 1, 2025 12:55 PM

SCO nations condemn Pahalgam terror attack; demand perpetrators and sponsors be brought to justice

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians. In the Tianjin Declaration, adopted by the Council of Heads of State, the SCO nations expressed solidarity with the victims and stressed the need for accountability. “The Member States strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025. They expressed their deepest sympathy and...

September 1, 2025 1:02 PM

PM Modi slams double standards on terror, recalls Pahalgam attack at SCO Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised the recent Pahalgam terror attack during his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. He expressed gratitude to India’s “friends” for standing in solidarity and sharply criticised the double standards of certain countries that openly support terrorism. Delivering his opening remarks at the SCO plenary session, PM Modi emphasised India’s approach to the forum, rooted in three pillars - security, connectivity, ...

September 1, 2025 10:23 AM

PM Modi to address plenary session of SCO summit; hold bilateral talks with Putin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today address the plenary session of the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council Summit in Tianjin. Following his address, he is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During a special briefing in Tianjin, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed the Prime Minister’s engagements. “Prime Minister will be addressing the plenary session of the Summit, where he will outline India’s approach to...

August 31, 2025 6:37 PM

Dragon and elephant can dance together, says Xi Jinping during talks with PM Modi

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said that New Delhi and Beijing should “remain friends” and foster good neighbourly ties so that the “dragon and the elephant can dance together” in mutual success. During a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tianjin, Xi described India and China as important members of the Global South. He emphasised that the two nations must shoulder the responsibility of improving the well-being of their people while promoting the solidarity and rejuv...

August 30, 2025 1:54 PM

After successful Japan visit, PM Modi emplanes for China to attend SCO Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday embarked on his China visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, which begins on Sunday, following a successful two-day visit to Japan. The SCO summit is being held in China from August 31-September 1. This will be PM Modi's first visit to China in the last seven years and the first since the Galwan Valley faceoff between the soldiers of the two countries at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in June 2020. Earlier, befo...

August 19, 2025 9:19 PM

PM Modi stresses border peace in meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday received Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi and underlined that peace and tranquillity along the border remain essential for advancing bilateral ties between India and China.   Wang, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, conveyed a message and an invitation from President Xi Jinping for Prime Minister Modi to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. The Prime Minister accepted the ...

October 16, 2024 3:01 PM

EAM Jaishankar highlights ‘three evils’ of terrorism at SCO Summit, takes subtle dig at Pakistan

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday highlighted cross-border terrorism, extremism, and separatism as key obstacles to trade, travel, and regional cooperation. Speaking at the 23rd Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government, the foreign minister took a veiled dig at Pakistan, saying that such activities across borders impede trade, energy flows and connectivity. Jaishankar also criticized unilateral connectivity projects, indirectly ref...