SCO Summit 2025, Sept. 1 -- Marking a shift in relations with China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, his first visit to the country in seven years.

There Modi also held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit. The two leaders vowed to expand trade and investment ties to stabilise global commerce, and agreed to deepen bilateral ties to combat pressing challenges. This comes against the backdrop of high tariffs that Asia's two largest economies face from the US.

The two leaders also agreed to work towards a "fair" solution to the festering border issue.

Modi also held bilateral talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the Prime Minister saying that I...