PM Narendra Modi meets Xi Jinping on sidelines of SCO summit in Astana

Astana, Jun 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of SCO summit in Astana in the midst of developing contrasts between the two nations over a large group of issues, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and India's NSG participation offer.

Modi arrived in the Kazakh capital yesterday on a two-day visit to go to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit where India and Pakistan will be accepted as full members from the coalition.

"PM @narendramodi meets President of China #XiJinping on edges of SCO Summit in Astana," Gopal Baglay, the Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson, said.

The meeting between the two pioneers expect significance as this would be the main this year and occurring after India boycotted the prominent Belt and Road Forum held in Beiing a month ago in which 29 world pioneers partook.

India abstained from the summit to highlight its worries over the USD 50 billion CPEC which is a piece of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and goes through Gilgit and Baltistan in Pakistan-possessed Kashmir (PoK).

China is vocal about its remain to square India's induction into the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) other than moves to rundown JeM pioneer Masood Azhar as terrorist by the UN.