SCO Summit 2025 LIVE: Putin Attends Gala Dinner in Tianjin Alongside Xi, Modi & Other Leaders | N18G

SCO Summit in China LIVE: PM Modi Meets Xi Jinping on First China Trip in Seven Years | Modi In China | CNBC TV18 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a gala dinner in Tianjin alongside other SCO leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. TIANJIN - Leaders arrive for a reception at the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). For the first time since 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China this week to attend a summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a visit that comes after Trump imposed punishing 50% tariffs on imports from India. Alongside Modi, world leaders from Russia, Pakistan, Iran and Central Asia will join Xi this weekend for what Beijing has said will be the largest summit yet of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Moscow and Beijing-founded regional security club aimed at reshaping the global balance of power. India’s presence at the event is the most telling example yet of the warming ties between the two Asian powers – a budding realignment that threatens to undo years-long US efforts to cultivate New Delhi as a counterweight against a rising and increasingly assertive China. Following a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi last week, both sides recognized the recent improvements in their strained relationship. Since its formation in 2001 as a group focused on regional security cooperation between China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has expanded in its size and scope. #chinaindia #pmmodi #xijinping #putin #russiaukrainewar #scosummit #modiinchina #cnbctv18 #livenews