PM to address plenary session at SCO summit on Day 2

PM Modi after addressing plenary session at SCO summit on Day 2,Modi, on the third day of his China trip, will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders meeting in Tianjin on Monday September 1, 2025. He will then participate in a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin before returning to India.
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The SCO summit kicked off on Sunday in the northern port city of Tianjin, days before a massive military parade in the capital Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.
On Sunday PM Modi held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He also met Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.
Mr.Xi pledges to provide 2 billion yuan in grants to member countries
As per Xi SCO members were the first to set up “military confidence-building mechanism in our border areas, turning our extensive borders into a bond of friendship, mutual trust and cooperation.
He also pledged to provide 2 billion yuan in grants to member countries within this year, and an additional 10 billion yuan in loan to member banks of the SCO Interbank Consortium over the next three years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off the meeting of the SCO council of heads of states in Tianjin with his keynote address, highlighting the fluid and chaotic world situation.
The member countries of SCO are all friends and partners, and should respect differences while maintaining strategic communication.
News Edit KV Raman

