PM Modi To Visit China For SCO Summit, His First Trip Since 2020 Galwan Clash

Last Updated:August 06, 2025, 17:05 IST

The bilateral ties hit rock bottom in May 2020 after violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh's Galwan

PM Modi with Xi (Image: PTI/File)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, his first trip to Beijing since the violent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in 2020.

PM Modi will visit Japan on August 30 before heading to China for a two-day visit.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also attended the SCO ministerial meetings in June.

Jaishankar had also met Xi in Beijing and briefed him on recent developments in India-China relations while emphasising the importance of continued leadership guidance in advancing bilateral ties.

India-China Ties

The relationship between India and China hit rock bottom in May 2020 after deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan. 20 Indian personnel lost their lives, and casualties were also reported on the Chinese side in the first violent clash between the two countries since the 1962 war.

After tense ties for over four years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit at Kazan on October 23, 2024, marking the revival of bilateral ties between the two Asian giants.

The two leaders welcomed the agreement for complete disengagement and resolution of issues that arose in 2020 in the India-China border areas. Prime Minister Modi had underscored the importance of properly handling differences and disputes and not allowing them to disturb peace and tranquillity.

India and China reached an agreement on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas in Depsang and Demchok on 21 October 2024, leading to disengagement from all the points of friction from April/May 2020. It has been agreed that patrolling activities and, wherever applicable, grazing will resume as per longstanding practice before friction started in these two areas, as per the Ministry of External Affairs.

In June, both countries agreed to resume direct air services, Kailash Mansarovar Yatra for pilgrims, and take steps towards visa facilitation and also share data on transnational rivers.

Last month, the Indian Embassy in China said India is set to resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens.

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