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Mint
06-08-2025
- Politics
- Mint
PM Narendra Modi to visit China on August 31 for SCO summit - first visit since 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to travel to China and Japan beginning around 29 August, people familiar with the matter told news agency PTI on 6 August. This will be PM Modi's first visit to China after the two neighbouring countries' ties came under severe strain following the 2020 military standoff in Galwan along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The visit will come in the wake of efforts by India and China to improve bilateral ties. A possible meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping is especially anticipated during the summit. The two leaders met last during the BRICS summit in Russia in October 2024. There is no official word on the visit yet. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said last month during a joint press meeting with SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev that the SCO Tianjin Summit will be held from 31 August to 1 September, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of the SCO member states are expected to attend the summit. On 15 July, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of a delegation of foreign ministers attending the meeting of the SCO. Jaishankar's visit to China is expected to lay the groundwork for PM Modi's anticipated visit to Beijing for the SCO Leaders' Summit. "Apprised President Xi of the recent development of our bilateral ties,' Jaishankar said in a post on X, accompanied by a picture of him shaking hands with Xi. The 2020 Galwan Valley standoff between India and China was the worst border clash in over 40 years, resulting in the death of soldiers on both sides. The incident sharply escalated tensions and brought bilateral ties to a historic low. The decision to revive the SR dialogue and other dormant channels was reportedly taken during a brief exchange between PM Modi and President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in Kazan, Russia, in October last year. There have been a few glimmers of positive movement, most notably the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra after nearly five years. In the first leg of his trip, Narendra Modi is expected to visit Japan to hold annual summit talks with his Japanese counterpart. PM Modi's visit to Japan would be his first since May 2023, when he attended the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, western Japan. Key Takeaways Modi's visit to China aims to strengthen bilateral ties post-2020 tensions. The SCO summit serves as a platform for discussing regional security and cooperation. India's strategic diplomacy includes balancing relations with both China and Russia amidst global pressures.
India Gazette
14-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
China: Jaishankar discusses SCO's role, modernisation efforts with Secy Gen Yermekbayev
Beijing [China], July 14 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who met with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev in Beijing on Monday said the discussions between the two included the contribution and importance of the 10-member organisation and endeavours to modernise its working. In a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, 'Glad to meet SCO SG Nurlan Yermekbayev in Beijing today. Discussed the contribution and importance of SCO, as well as the endeavors to modernize its working.' Jaishankar arrived in China after concluding his visit to Singapore, his first trip to Beijing in five years. During his visit, Jaishankar will attend the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' Meeting (CFM) in Tianjin and also bilateral meetings on the sidelines. The 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the SCO will be held in Tianjin later this year. India had chaired the SCO Presidency in 2023 while Pakistan hosted the SCO Leaders' Summit in 2024. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation whose members include India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus. Jaishankar's visit comes after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval travelled to China in June for the SCO meetings. Earlier this June, India refused to sign a joint statement at the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting after it did not include any mention of the terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people. India had pushed for strong references to terrorism, but one country -- believed to be Pakistan -- disagreed. (ANI)
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First Post
13-07-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Jaishankar leaves today for Singapore, SCO meet in China; Chinese FM to visit New Delhi this month
S. Jaishankar will visit Singapore and China from July 13 to 15, marking his first trip to China since the 2020 border standoff. In China, he will attend the SCO Foreign Ministers' meeting. read more External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro. File Image: X | @DrSJaishankar. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Singapore and China from July 13 to 15, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Saturday. In Singapore, Jaishankar will meet his counterpart and other leaders as part of regular engagements between the two countries, the ministry said. Afterward, he will travel to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting, scheduled for July 15 in Tianjin. Jaishankar is also expected to hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the meeting. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD China's Foreign Ministry confirmed that the SCO foreign ministers' meeting will bring together foreign ministers from member states and leaders of the bloc's permanent bodies to discuss cooperation and key international and regional issues. The meeting will help lay the groundwork for the SCO Leaders' Summit, likely to be held in Tianjin in early September. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who invited the ministers, may also visit India later this month for talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval under the Special Representatives (SR) dialogue on the boundary dispute. Wang and Doval are the designated Special Representatives for boundary talks between India and China. So far, 23 rounds of talks under this mechanism have been held without resolving the border issues. This will be Jaishankar's first visit to China since the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh began in May 2020. His trip follows recent visits by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Doval to China in late June for SCO meetings. Singh attended the SCO Defence Ministers' conference in Qingdao.
Indian Express
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Jaishankar likely to be in China next week, first visit since LAC standoff
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to travel to Tianjin in China for the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on July 14-15, sources have told The Indian Express. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to host the meeting which will be attended by counterparts from Pakistan, Iran and Russia among others. This will be Jaishankar's first visit to China since the start of the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh in May 2020. The meeting of the Foreign Ministers will also set the stage for the SCO Leaders' Summit in Tianjin, which is expected to be held early September. Jaishankar's visit follows visits by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and NSA Ajit Doval, who had travelled to China in the last week of June for SCO meetings. While these discussions are taking place in multilateral meetings, they assume significance in the bilateral context. Delhi and Beijing have been working towards normalising their bilateral relationship, but India's Operation Sindoor against China's ally Pakistan brought out divergences in the relationship. In recent days, Indian Army officers have publicly accused China of complicity in Pakistani military strikes against India in the wake of Operation Sindoor. Lt General Rahul R Singh, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance), said Beijing provided 'live inputs' to Pakistan on Indian operational deployment even when talks were underway between the Indian and Pakistani Directors General of Military Operations regarding cessation of hostilities. Naming Pakistan, China and Turkey as the 'three adversaries' India faced on its 'one border' in the north, Lt Gen Singh said China provided 'all possible support', treated the northern border as a 'live lab' to test its weapons supplied to Pakistan, and had followed its '36 stratagems', hoping to kill the adversary with 'a borrowed knife', and to 'use the neighbour to cause pain'. This was the strongest indictment of Beijing's involvement in the military confrontation between India and Pakistan in May. In the last week of June, eight months after the disengagement of troops at the LAC in eastern Ladakh, Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun that there was need for a 'structured roadmap of permanent engagement and de-escalation'. He called for a 'permanent solution of border demarcation'. In his talks on the sidelines of the meeting of SCO Defence Ministers in Qingdao, Singh underlined the need for 'bridging the trust deficit created after the 2020 border standoff, by taking action on ground'. The SCO Defence Ministers failed to issue a joint statement after Singh declined to sign the draft statement which omitted a reference to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in J&K. So, Jaishankar's visit will be a challenging task for New Delhi. China is the host of the SCO Leaders' Summit in Tianjin which will be hosted by President Xi Jinping. Doval had travelled to Beijing in December last year when India and China agreed on a set of 'six consensus' including resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, trans-border river cooperation and Nathula border trade. This was announced by the two sides following talks in Beijing between Doval and Wang Yi — they are also the Special Representatives (SRs). The two sides have taken some steps including the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, currently underway. The two sides are also talking to each other about resuming direct flights and are looking to ease visa curbs for Chinese nationals and sharing data on transnational rivers like the Brahmaputra. The two sides also agreed to jointly make preparations for the 24th Special Representatives' Meeting on the China-India Boundary Question. Sources said the Indian side is working towards engaging the Chinese side with 'eyes wide open' because the border situation is still not normal. About 50,000-60,000 troops are still deployed on either side of the LAC. Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism '2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury's special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban's capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More
