In this handout photograph taken on August 31, 2025, and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB), India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. Xi gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from around 20 Eurasian countries on August 31, for a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and centre of regional relations. -- Photo by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) / AFP
TIANJIN, China (AFP): President Xi Jinping gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from around 20 Eurasian countries on Sunday to kick off a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and centre of regional relations.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit is being held in the northern port city of Tianjin until Monday, days before a massive military parade in the capital Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.
