Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping To Meet Next Week At Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) Summit

Beijing: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO) meet in Bishkek, India’s envoy to China Vikram Misri said on Thursday. This will be Modi’s first meeting with Xi after being re-elected as Prime Minister following his party’s stunning victory in general elections last month. The two leaders are likely to take stock of the bilateral ties and discuss regional and international issues. Besides Xi, Modi will also have a one-on-one with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the two-day summit beginning in Kyrgyzstan from June 13. SCO is a Chinese-led 8-member security bloc with India and Pakistan being admitted to the grouping in 2017. (IANS)

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