India, Aug. 28 -- With Donald Trump's tariffs in the backdrop, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is flying out on Thursday for a key foreign tour during which he will visit China, after a trip to Japan, and seek to seize the opportunity to launch an initiative that "builds greater resilience" in ties with these countries.

PM Modi will leave for Japan on the evening of August 28 and will be there till August 30 for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. From there, PM Modi will head to China for the SCO summit, where Russia President Vladimir Putin, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and, of course, China's Xi Jinping, are expected to be under the same roof.

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