Placeholder canvas

Modi arrives in Shanghai for third leg of China visit

Date:

Shanghai:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Shanghai on Friday for the third and final leg of his three-day China visit that also took him to Xi’an and Beijing.

On Saturday, Modi will meet with CEOs of top Chinese companies and a number of agreements worth $10 billion are expected to be signed.

Modi will also address the Indian community in Shanghai before leaving for Mongolia on the second-leg of his three-nation tour that will also take him to South Korea.

PM Modi arrived in Xi’an on Thursday where he held summit-level talks with President Xi Jinping. He then moved to Beijing where he held wide-ranging parleys with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on Friday.

Modi met National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee chairman Zhang Dejiang, before visiting the Tsinghua University, where he addressed the students. He then visited the Temple of Heaven, where he had his final engagement in the city: a yoga-tai chi joint event.

Modi is on a three-day visit to China as the two world’s two largest countries by population work to boost economic ties despite decades of mistrust.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

Blinken Tells Netanyahu That US Opposes Israeli Assault In Rafah

The top US diplomat has been trying to push for an agreement between Israel and Hamas that would lead to the release of prisoners and a temporary end to hostilities

Most Parts Of India Likely To Experience Above Normal Max Temp In May: IMD

The IMD however stated that some parts of northwest and central India and adjoining areas of northeast peninsular India are likely to record normal to below-normal maximum temperatures

UK: PM Sunak’s Fate Hangs In Balance As Country To Vote In Local Polls This Week

These polls are the last major electoral test before the general election that Sunak's party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to the Labour opposition

Karnataka CM Requests PM Modi To Cancel Revanna’s Diplomatic Passport

The letter of the CM comes in light of the ongoing investigation into an alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal who is believed to have fled to Germany after the conclusion of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka on April 26