NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 9th June at the SCO Summit.
“There will be a bilateral meeting between PM & President Xi tomorrow & there are many things that the leaders look forward to discussing, they'll most probably take forward what was discussed during informal summit in Wuhan”, Gautam Bambawale, Indian Ambassador to China in Qingdao told ANI.
PM Modi is likely to hold nearly half a dozen bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO nations.
On the other hand there is no official announcement on whether there will be any communication between PM Modi and Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, who is scheduled to be present at the meeting in China.
The bilateral talks with President Xi would take place on June 9 on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Qingdao, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at a media briefing here.
Officials have said PM Modi and Mr Xi Jinping are expected to take stock of implementation of decisions taken at their informal summit in Wuhan.
Among other issues, the SCO summit is likely to focus on opportunities for cooperation among the member countries and the situation in the region, Kumar added.
Worth mention here Russian President Vladimir Putin is also likely to be present at the summit. It is noted that PM Modi had last month hold talks with Putin in an informal summit in Sochi.
The SCO was established at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Notably India and Pakistan became its members last year, and this year they are participating as full members for the first time.
