New Delhi
PM Modi visit China 2025: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China from August 31 to September 1 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, as stated on Wednesday. The summit will be held in Tianzin, and the tour is Modi’s first visit to China after 2019, and is the first visit to the 2020 Galley Valley Conflict. This high-level diplomatic engagement indicates a possible improvement in bilateral relations between the two Asian giants, which remain stressful since the deadly boundary deadlock in Eastern Ladakh.
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The tour is taking place in the backdrop of the ongoing tension between India and China over border disputes in Eastern Ladakh and widespread Hind-Pacific region. Global and regional players are closely monitoring this, especially because the two Asian powers are trying to manage stressful relations by connecting through multilateral forums. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit to be held in Beijing will include leaders of eight member countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iran, who recently received full membership.
Modi-shee Jinping meet?
PM Modi’s visit to China can pave the way for a rare personal meeting for the first time since the 2020 Galwan Valley Conflict with Chinese President Xi Jinping. While the two leaders have met each other in other global summit, no formal bilateral talks have been held since then. Although no official announcement has been made, there is a possibility of talks between PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the summit.
India-China relations
The Indo-China relations have worsened after the May 2020 Glavan confrontation until gradually association with Galwan, during which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. China’s soldiers were also killed, although the number has not been publicly disclosed. Violent conflict marks the lowest point in bilateral relations in decades. Since then, both sides have held military and diplomatic talks to reduce tension in the border areas.
In the last few months, there are indications of stress decreasing:
• Refusing direct air connectivity between India and China
• Decision to resume Kailash Mansarovar for Indian pilgrims
• Proposal to relax the visa and share information on the border rivers • India recently announced to restore tourist visas for Chinese citizens.
SCO Summit 2025
Strategic importance will include all eight member countries from the SCO Summit at Tianzin – India, China, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Iran, who have just become a full member. Since 2017, members India have used this platform to promote regional contacts, raising issues of cross -border terrorism, especially from Pakistan and honoring sovereignty, which is a clear condemnation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The upcoming summit focuses on India’s strategic diplomacy, strengthening relations with US-led Indian-led groups such as Quad (India, Japan, Australia, America), keeping active connection with multilateral structures such as SCOs. Subsequently, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar have been actively participating in SCO Defense and Foreign Ministers’ meetings earlier this year. Jaishankar also met President Xi in Beijing on an early visit, with emphasis on the need for leading dialogue leading to restore normal status in relationships.
The summit is expected to focus on major regional issues such as:
• Regional Safety and Anti -Terrorism Cooperation
• Restoration of stability in Afghanistan
• Multilateral Trade and Energy Cooperation
• Moving towards a multi -polar world system
• Contact projects in Eurasia are likely to repeat the opposition of India’s Belt and Road Initiative, especially its Pakistan -occupied Kashmir (PoK) corridor, raising sovereignty issues. PM Modi’s visit indicates a diplomatic success and new efforts to normalize relations with China, even if India continues to protect its strategic and regional interests.
