PM Modi likely to visit China's Tianjin for SCO Summit after 7 years amid 'trade war' with Trump-led US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit China's Tianjin from August 31 to September 1 for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. The Tianjin Summit 2025 is the 25th Heads of State Council meeting of the SCO. The visit, if it happens, will be PM Modi's first trip to Beijing since the Galwan clash in 2020 and sixth overall. Before visiting China for the SCO summit, PM Modi will first visit Japan on August 30, where he will participate in the annual India-Japan Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. From there, he may travel to China for the summit. It will be the fifth time that China hosts the annual SCO



summit.

PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had earlier met at the BRICS summit in Kazan in October 2024. After that, efforts were made to reduce border tensions between the two countries.

The primary discussions with SCO member countries will focus on regional security, terrorism, and trade. Moreover, efforts will be made to restore stability and dialogue in India-China relations.

Notably, PM Modi's visit to China comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has targeted the BRICS countries for buying oil from Russia and for what the US President claims is a grouping that challenges the hegemony of the dollar.