October 14, 2026 03:21 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Punjab activist confronts chemist over alleged drug sales, shot dead during Facebook Live | ‘Rahul Gandhi pushed me during protest march’: Pregnant journalist’s allegation sparks BJP-Congress faceoff | ‘You cannot denotify resistance': CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das jump Jantar Mantar gate to protest, detained | Delhi Police de-notifies Jantar Mantar as protest site amid CJP stir over Gyanesh Kumar | 'Gyanesh Kumar will not escape': Rahul Gandhi issues warning amid voting rights row | 'Supreme Court doors open for all': CJI Surya Kant breaks silence on refusing to meet INDIA bloc over Gyanesh Kumar row | 'Undeclared Emer-GenZ': Shashi Tharoor slams Delhi curbs over CJP protests, calls internet shutdown 'most regressive' | ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, ‘Inquilab Zindabad’: CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke dares Delhi Police to arrest him, says ‘We are not afraid’ | CJP protest crackdown? Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka detained from inside flight | Dhruv Rathee detained ahead of CJP protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar as Delhi goes on high alert

Amid running tiffs PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazakhstan

| | Jun 09, 2017, at 05:47 pm
Astana, Kazakhstan, June 9 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana amid speculations over the future of bilateral relations between the two neighbouring Asian powers following growing differences over a host of issues.

"Met President Xi Jinping. We spoke about India-China relations and how to further improve ties," Modi posted on his twitter handle.

The issues plaguing the relationship between the two countries include China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and India's bid to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Modi  had earlier  met Kazakhstan President Nusrullah Nazarbayev. "Began my programmes in Astana with a productive meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan.," he tweeted.

They discussed "ways to expand bilateral ties," PMO said.

The PM had arrived  in the Kazakh capital  on Thursday on a two-day visit to attend the SCO summit where India and Pakistan will be inducted as full members of the bloc.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.