New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during his China visit later this week, reports said on 28 August.

Narendra Modi will be in China between 31 August and 1 September for the SCO summit in Tianjin. According to reports, the Modi-Xi meeting is likely to be scheduled for 31 August.

President Xi Jinping will gather more than 20 world leaders at a SCO meet in what many call a powerful show of Global South solidarity at a time when Donald Trump is imposing tariffs on other countries.

This will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to China in more than seven years. The two neighbours are working on further defusing...