PM Modi to visit China on for SCO summit, first trip since Galwan clash

The Prime Minister Modi will leave for Japan on August 30, where he will attend the India-Japan annual summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. In this meeting, there is a possibility of discussion on furthering strategic, economic and technical cooperation between the two countries.

The visit to Japan is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations, while PM Modi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in China.

PM Modi to visit China on for SCO summit

After this, Prime Minister Modi will participate in the SCO Summit to be held in Tianjin city of China between August 31 and September 1. This will be PM Modi's first visit to China after 2019. Important issues like regional security, terrorism, trade cooperation and multilateral cooperation will be discussed in the SCO meeting.

PM first trip since Galwan clash

This visit of Prime Minister Modi is taking place at a time when US President Donald Trump has targeted the BRICS countries for buying oil from Russia and the US President claims that the BRICS countries are challenging the dominance of the dollar. In such a situation, this visit of PM Modi is being considered strategically very important.

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Indian government policy on terrorism

Earlier in the month of June 2025, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh attended the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization  in Qingdao city of China, where he refused to sign a document that could have weakened India's position on its strict policy towards terrorism. Due to differences on the issue of terrorism, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) decided not to issue a joint statement.

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China-Pakistan's action in SCO

According to sources, China, which is chairing the SCO, and its 'evergreen friend' Pakistan were trying to divert attention from terrorism. While there was no mention of the Pahalgam terrorist attack by Pakistan in the document prepared by the SCO. On the contrary, Balochistan was mentioned in the document, an attempt to implicitly accuse India of fomenting unrest in the Pakistani province.