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China's Xi meets India's Modi in Tianjin

A motorcade exits the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center, a venue for 2025 ShanghaiCooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China August 30, 2025. (REUTERS)
31 Aug 2025 09:00

SHANGHAI (REUTERS)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have begun a bilateral meeting in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media outlet Xinhua said on Sunday.

  • Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi

Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to attend a two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East will gather with Xi in a powerful show of Global South solidarity.

"We are committed to progressing our relations based on mutual respect, trust and sensitivities," Modi told Xi during the meeting, according to a video clip posted on the Indian leader's official X account.

Source: REUTERS
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