India said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in an indigenous peak in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face addresses between President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation comprising China, Russia, and four Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan — India, and Pakistan is due to take place in Samarkand on September 15 and 16.
On Wednesday, Russia’s minister to China said that Putin and Xi would meet at the peak, in what will be the Chinese leader’s first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus epidemic.
Beijing’s foreign ministry didn’t incontinently confirm the meeting, with a prophet saying at a regular press briefing that “there is no information to give” on the matter.
The Indian government statement on Sunday didn’t say whether Modi would hold bilateral addresses with Putin, Xi, or Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Sourcing utmost of its arms from Russia, India like China has refused to condemn Moscow’s irruption of Ukraine and has ramped up purchases of Russian oil paintings.
India’s relations with China have been frosty since fighting in 2020 on their disputed Himalayan border leaving at least 20 Indian and four Chinese dogfaces dead. Modi and Xi haven’t held bilateral addresses since 2019.
India is also part of the so-called Quad together with the United States, Japan, and Australia, a grouping seen as a bulwark against China.
