Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to attend the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shandong, China's coastal city on Saturday.
He will also meet President Xi Jinping here. Though leaders from both countries have met even more than a dozen times before, but the meeting between Kingdo is going on Saturday, about two months after 'historic informal meet' in Central Chinese city of Wuhan. In the SCO Summit, regional security and terrorism will be discussed. Modi in
Let us know that India and Pakistan were officially included in this eight member security block last year. This organization includes China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In his address to the two-day SCO Summit, PM Modi can clarify India's position in tackling terrorism and increasing trade investment in the region, dealing with challenges facing the world.
After the two-month military deadlock a year ago between the two countries, the relationship between India and China is showing improvement in 2018. Hu Shisheng, director of the South and Southeast Asian and Oceanian Institutes of China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told IANS, "This is an important meeting but it is more symbolic in nature. It can not be compared to Wuhan.
The meeting in Kingdao will be formal. '
Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Shi on Saturday. He will also meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was an informal meeting between Modi and Putin in Sochi last month. The issue of regional security and terrorism will be discussed in the SCO Summit.
Modi can take up the issue of terrorism by promoting Pakistan in the conference Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will attend the summit. One of the key features of the summit will be the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. China invited them to participate in the forum.
This important meeting of the SCO is taking place at a time when the US has exited itself from the Iran Nuclear Deal. Apart from this, America's relations with China and Russia have also faltered due to banning Russia and trade tariffs.
Diplomats from several member countries say that these issues may also be discussed in the SCO. The importance of presence of Rouhani also increases because the US has recently withdrew its hand with Iran's nuclear deal. China has pledged to protect this nuclear deal.
Iran, along with Mongolia, Afghanistan and Belarus, has been given the status of observer at the summit.
Iranian officials in the light of Washington's strong relationship with Russia and China say SCO Summit Shi Chenfing and Putin may have a chance to put a strong side on this global issue. The US had separated itself from the Iran Nuclear Deal last month. The US crackdown on global decisions came in sharp reaction.