Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a bilateral meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 9 June. The two will meet on the sidelines of the 9-10 June Shanghai Cooperation Summit (SCO), that will be held in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao.
- PM Modi and President Xi are expected to discuss the implementation of decisions taken at the informal summit in Wuhan in May
- PM Modi is also scheduled to hold nearly half a dozen bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries
- India and Pakistan are unlikely to hold a formal meeting
India-Pak Unlikely to Hold Bilateral Meeting
PM Modi will hold one-on-one meetings with other state leaders attending the summit. However, India and Pakistan are unlikely to hold a formal meeting, reported ANI.
China, India Will Never be Apart: Indian Ambassador to China
Ahead of the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi, Indian ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale said that the two countries would work out their differences to ensure progress and prosperity for both.
According to The Times of India, Bambawale stated that the Wuhan meeting was significant in allowing the two countries to arrive at a consensus, saying, “We are not going to be going away from each other or apart from each other. We are going to do this together”. Bambawale added that the summit to be held in China stood for “multi-polarity” and sent the message that big countries could exist in peace with other countries.