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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi could skip the July 3-4 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana amid the chill in ties with China and the maiden Parliament session since his re-election for a third consecutive term...
Modi, who had earlier confirmed that he would attend the Astana SCO Summit, may now depute external affairs minister S Jaishankar to represent India, said people familiar with the matter..
It was earlier hoped that Modi could meet the leaders of Russia, China and Iran, besides hosts Kazakhstan and other Central Asian leaders, if he attended the summit, they said.. India held the SCO presidency in 2023 but conducted the summit in virtual mode..
The chill in ties with China continues, with India's decision to allow a US delegation to visit Dharamsala and refusal to agree for resumption of direct flights signalling that ties are far from normal despite burgeoning trade and demand from the Indian industry to relax visas for Chinese professionals..
In February, India and China held a fresh round of high-level military talks to resolve the border row in eastern Ladakh that saw both sides agreeing to maintain "peace and tranquillity" on the ground but there was no indication of any breakthrough...
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