PM Modi meets with Xi Jinping:
PM Modi meets with
Xi Jinping:
It’s PM Modi’s first visit to China in seven years and it comes at a crucial time as India and China seek to mend ties and navigate global trade tensions.
In the midst of historical conflicts and recent military standoffs, leaders aim to strengthen economic partnerships and address border issues.
PM Modi, held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a hotel in Tianjin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit on 31 August.
The Modi-Xi meeting comes as India and China look to strengthen ties amid global trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump.
Reportedly, PM Modi, Prez Xi are likely to meet twice on SCO summit sidelines. PM’s meeting’s with Xi in China also assumes significance as it is the prime minister’s first trip to China since April-May 2020, when India and China became embroiled in a military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Xi and Modi met last year at Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which ended a four-year deadlock or freeze in bilateral ties over military tensions in Eastern Ladakh.
The two neighbouring nations show signs of détente at a time when India-US relations are souring over President Donald Trump’s decision to double tariffs on Indian goods.
China’s Xi Jinping, too, is trying to revive a sluggish Chinese economy at a time when sky-high US tariffs threaten to derail his plans, according to a BBC report
India and China are economic powerhouses. China is the world’s second-largest economy. With India’s growth expected to remain above 6 per cent, the $4 trillion economy is on its way to the third-largest economy by 2028, according to the IMF.
As per PM Modi, Qian Liu, founder and chief executive of Wusawa Advisory, based in Beijing, told the BBC
While the world has traditionally focused on the single most important bilateral relationship in the world, the US and China, it is time we shift more focus on how the second and third largest economies, China and India, can work together,”
PM Modi visits China in continuation of past efforts by Prime Ministers to enhancetþ ties with China. From Jawaharlal Nehru’s 1954 visit, which introduced the Panchsheel principles, to Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 2003 visit, which saw several agreements signed, India-China ties have come a long way. Modi’s predecessor’s visits, too, focused on dialogue, trade,
Ahead of SCO Summit, PM Modi to meet Xi Jinping today
News Edit KV Raman
