Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will visit China on 31 August as part of the yearly summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SHOW). This is his first visit to China in 5 years. The gathering will be held in Tiencin under the leadership of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The visit takes place after a period of considerable tension between the 2 Asian powers.
The yearly summit of SZOV, an global organization centered around China and Russia, will take place from 31 August to 1 September in Tiencin. The summit is hosted by China leader Xi Jinping.
In addition to India and China, the organizations include Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Belarus. This will be Modi's first voyage to China after the multi-annual border conflict between the 2 powers intensified in 2020.
Blood conflict in the Himalayas
In June 2020, 20 Indian and 4 Chinese died in the Galwan River valley in Ladakh in a fight of soldiers. The last time the Indian Prime Minister visited China in 2018.
In fresh months, however, there has been any relaxation between neighbors. In October last year, Beijing and Delhi reached an agreement on border patrolling in the Himalayas, which is intended to bring about a settlement of the conflict.
First talks in years
Also in October, on the margins of the BRICS summit in Russian Kazan, Xi and Modi held their first authoritative conversation since 2019. In January this year India and China agreed to resume direct air services suspended in 2020.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
