PM Modi China Visit Live Updates: India ready to send ‘appropriate signal’ to Russia, says Zelenskyy after call with Modi ahead of SCO summit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Tianjin, China, for the SCO summit on Saturday. (Photo: X/narendramodi)

PM Modi China Visit Live Updates: Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit today, PM Modi during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that India supports all efforts for peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict. In a social media post, Zelenskyy said India is ready to make the necessary efforts and to deliver the appropriate signal to Russia. PM Modi, in a post on X, thanked Zelenskyy for the phone call. “We exchanged views on the ongoing conflict, its humanitarian aspect, and efforts to restore peace and stability. India extends full support to all efforts in this direction,” he said.

Modi-Xi meet: PM Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today before the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tianjin, 120 km away from Beijing. The meeting of the two leaders within 10 months — they last met in the Russian city of Kazan in October 2024 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit — is a signal that the two sides are going to give a special push to bilateral ties.

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The SCO summit: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit holds major significance for India, particularly as it comes in the wake of the US imposing 50 per cent tariffs, including a 25 per cent duty specifically targeting India’s purchase of Russian crude oil. The SCO currently has 10 full members: India, Belarus, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, in addition to several dialogue partners and observer states. This visit marks Prime Minister Modi’s first trip to China since the Galwan Valley clashes in 2020.

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