Sco Summit

Jaishankar calls on Putin, conveys PM Modi's greetings ahead of summit

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin along with other heads of delegation of SCO member states. Jaishankar is here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting. "Called on President Putin along with other Heads of SCO Delegations this afternoon," Jaishankar said on social media. The meeting in the Kremlin was also attended by Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, Prime Ministers Alexander Turchin of Belarus, Oljas Bektenov of Kazakhstan, Adylbek Kasymaliyev of Kyrgyzstan, Kokhir Rasulzoda of Tajikistan and Abdulla Aripov of Uzbekistan, as well as Pakistan Deputy PM Ishaq Dar and SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev. On Monday, Jaishankar held extensive talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The meeting comes as the two sides prepare for President Putin's visit to India for the 23rd annual summit. The Russian president is expected to visi

Jaishankar to represent India at BRICS virtual summit on Monday

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at a virtual summit of the BRICS grouping that has been convened by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week to discuss trade disruptions triggered by Washington's policies on trade and tariff. The aim of the summit is to create a common approach in dealing with the Trump administration's tariff tussle. Brazil is the current chair of the BRICS. The 10-member grouping also includes India, China, Russia, South Africa, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. "The Brazilian chair of BRICS has called for a virtual meeting on September 8," External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday. "From our side, it will be the external affairs minister who will be participating in (the meeting). This BRICS Summit is at the leaders' level," he said at his weekly media briefing. Lula had dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 7 during which both the leaders pledged to strengthen bilateral

The false promise of SCO: No panacea for India's geopolitical challenges

India's enthusiastic participation in the SCO summit hosted by China was meant to signal to Washington that New Delhi has other options

SCO summit shows India's pivot: multi-alignment over single-nation bets

The SCO meet exemplifies a nuanced balancing act between India and China - cooperation where feasible, vigilance where imperative

Putin says Nato enlargement has to be addressed for Ukraine peace

Speaking at the summit, Putin said the West had tried to bring Ukraine into the West's orbit and then sought to entice the former Soviet republic into the US-led NATO military alliance

SCO Summit, Modi meets Jinping, Putin; Ola Electric shares rise, Afghanistan quake & more

At the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a united global front against terrorism. Member states strongly condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Putin shares limousine with PM Modi to travel to meeting venue in China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was offered a lift by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his AURUS limousine to reach the venue of their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit here on Monday. The two leaders continued their one-to-one dialogue on the way to the hotel where they were to be joined by members of their teams. However, on reaching the hotel they did not deboard the Russian president's limousine and continued their conversation for 50 minutes, Russian national radio station VestiFM reported. Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the two leaders had tet-a-tet in the car for about an hour. Modi also took to social media to share a photo of himself and the Russian president inside the limousine. After the proceedings at the SCO Summit venue, President Putin and I travelled together to the venue of our bilateral meeting. Conversations with him are always insightful, Modi said. Commentators in Moscow say perhaps this w

'India, Russia stand shoulder to shoulder': PM Modi tells Putin at SCO meet

At SCO Summit in Tianjin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails ties with Moscow and calls for dialogue for peace in Ukraine

Ukraine not 'invasion', but result of 'coup' in Kyiv: Putin at SCO summit

Putin further said that the understandings reached at the Alaska summit with US President Trump opened the way to peace in Ukraine

Tianjin Declaration: SCO backs India, condemns Pahalgam terror attack

SCO leaders at Tianjin Summit strongly condemned the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and expressed support for India, calling for united action against terrorism and extremism

No double standards are acceptable on terrorism: PM Modi at SCO summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at SCO summit said no double standards are acceptable on terrorism, and stressed security, connectivity and opportunity as India's vision

'Always a delight to meet President Putin': PM Modi at SCO summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tianjin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit and shared a photo on X

Modi, Putin to meet in Tianjin amid US pressure on India's Russian oil buys

Amid US tariffs over Russian oil imports, Prime Minister Modi will meet President Putin in Tianjin after the SCO summit, with energy and trade balance key issues on the agenda

India hopes for fair elections in Myanmar: PM Modi to Myanmar's junta chief

India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar's military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on Sunday. Modi met Hlaing on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin. The prime minister also conveyed to the Senior General that India supports a "Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process". "The prime minister expressed the hope that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. "He underlined that India supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process, for which peaceful dialogue and consultation is the only way forward," it said in a statement. Modi also noted that India attaches importance to its ties with Myanmar as part of its 'Neighbourhood First', 'Act East' and 'Indo-Pacific' policies. "The

Xi Jinping uses summit, parade and history to showcase China's global pull

With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China's president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence

India committed to improving ties with China: PM Modi to Xi Jinping

PM Modi is in China for the first time in seven years to attend a two-day meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, along with Russian President Vladimir Putin

PM Modi meets China's Xi in Tianjin, stresses mutual trust, respect in ties

The meeting comes at a time when India and China are working to improve relations following a sudden downturn in India-US ties triggered by US President Donald Trump's tariff policy

PM Modi's visit to boost China-India relations: Chinese envoy to India

Members of the Indian diaspora in Tianjin welcomed PM Modi with great enthusiasm upon his arrival in the city

Prez Zelenskyy dials PM Modi, discusses peace efforts ahead of SCO summit

Zelenskyy also highlighted the ongoing strikes by Russia, stressing that Moscow has shown no willingness to engage in diplomacy, continuing its attacks on civilians

After Japan, PM Modi lands in China to meet Xi, Putin at SCO Summit

PM Modi concludes Japan visit with 13 agreements, heads to the SCO Summit in China to meet Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. India, China focus on ties amid global strains