Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Photo:CCTV

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tianjin on Saturday evening. He will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, according to CCTV News.

Modi posted on X on Thursday that "over the next few days, [I] will be in Japan and China to attend various bilateral and multilateral programmes." He mentioned that "in China, I will take part in the SCO Summit in Tianjin, a forum where India has always played an active and constructive role. India will keep working with SCO members to address various shared challenges."

"I am confident that my visits to Japan and China would further our national interests and priorities, and contribute to building fruitful cooperation in advancing regional and global peace, security, and sustainable development," Modi said, according to Indian Today.

"China welcomes Prime Minister Modi to China for the SCO Tianjin Summit. We believe that with the concerted effort of all parties, the Tianjin summit will be a gathering of solidarity, friendship and fruitful results, and the SCO will enter a new stage of high-quality development featuring greater solidarity, coordination, dynamism and productiveness," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a press conference on August 8.