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Possible meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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New Delhi. Suspense still remains over the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in Samarkand. Whereas before this big meeting, the withdrawal of the armies of both the countries was ensured at Gogra-Hot Springs located on the India-China border. This work was completed on Tuesday. The two leaders are set to meet at the SCO summit in Uzbekistan, but neither party has confirmed that they will have a separate meeting. While PM Modi can hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
According to a report in Times of India, at a media briefing in Beijing, China said that it has no information about the separate meeting between President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While official sources said that many bilateral meetings of PM Modi are not likely to take place in the summit. However, the possibility of a bilateral meeting with Xi cannot be completely ruled out. Just ahead of the SCO summit, efforts to de-escalate tensions in Ladakh sparked speculation that a bilateral meeting between PM Modi and Xi Jinping could be expected.
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Sources also said that the possibility of meeting between PM Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin is also being discussed. The Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday that Putin could hold several bilateral meetings in Samarkand. However, in this tour, PM Modi is going to attend a bilateral meeting with the head of the host country, Uzbekistan. Efforts are on to schedule the meeting between PM Modi and Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi. Iran wants to re-export its crude oil to India. He is very excited about this meeting. However, there is no proposal for a meeting between PM Modi and Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif. However, now PM Modi will leave for Samarkand on Thursday instead of Wednesday.
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Tags: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, SCO Summit, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping
First published: September 14, 2022, 07:55 IST
