Putin and Modi in China for summit overshadowed by trade wars with US
This article was originally published on BBC. Putin and Modi in China for summit overshadowed by trade wars with US 22 minutes ago Share Save Laura Bicker China correspondent and Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News in London Share Save Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian PM Narendra Modi have arrived in China to red carpet welcomes, joining more than 20 leaders at a regional security summit. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port of Tianjin comes days before a major military parade in Beijing marking 80 years since the end of World War II. Modi - visiting China for the first time in seven years - had talks with Xi ahead of the opening of the summit and said Delhi was keen to improve ties with its neighbour. The gathering comes with steep US tariffs imposed on Indian goods as punishment for Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil, and with Putin facing threats of sanctions over the war on Ukraine. ...