Tianjin [China], September 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi on Monday night, concluding his four-day go to to Japan and China, which spanned from August 29 to September 1.
Describing the go to as ‘productive’ in a submit on X, PM Modi mentioned he emphasised India’s place on key world points throughout his engagements.
On the SCO summit, PM Modi wrote on X, ‘Concluding a productive go to to China, the place I attended the SCO Summit and interacted with numerous world leaders. Also emphasised India’s stand on key world points. Thankful to President Xi Jinping, the Chinese authorities and folks for the profitable organisation of this Summit.’
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Addressing the Summit, the Prime Minister highlighted India’s method to strengthening cooperation underneath the SCO framework. In this regard, he famous that India seeks better motion underneath three pillars – Security, Connectivity and Opportunity.
Emphasising that peace, safety, and stability stay key to progress and prosperity, he known as upon member nations to take agency and decisive motion to battle terrorism in all its manifestations.
The Prime Minister underlined the necessity for coordinated motion in opposition to terror financing and radicalisation. Thanking member nations for his or her sturdy solidarity within the wake of the Pahalgam terror assault, he emphasised that there must be no double requirements in coping with terrorism and urged the group to carry nations that perpetrate and help cross-border terrorism accountable.
The bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin was on full show on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China.
The two leaders shared heat moments, together with a heartfelt hug and a journey collectively in Putin’s official Aurus Senat limousine to their bilateral assembly. Russian President Vladimir Putin waited for about 10 minutes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order that he might be a part of him in his automobile journey, as per sources.
Prime Minister thanked President Xi Jinping for his heat hospitality and congratulated him on the profitable organisation of the Summit. He additionally congratulated Kyrgyzstan on taking on the subsequent Presidency of the SCO.
At the conclusion of the Summit, the SCO Member nations adopted the Tianjin Declaration.
At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Japan Ishiba Shigeru, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi paid an Official Working Visit to Japan on 29-30 August 2025 for the fifteenth India-Japan Annual Summit.
Prime Minister Modi was acquired by Prime Minister Ishiba on the Prime Minister’s Office (Kantei) on the night of 29 August 2025 the place he acquired a ceremonial guard of honour.
The two Prime Ministers held the delegation-level talks throughout which they recalled the longstanding friendship between India and Japan that’s rooted in civilizational ties, shared values and pursuits, frequent strategic outlook and mutual respect for one another.
The two Prime Ministers appreciated the numerous strides made by the India-Japan partnership during the last decade and held constructive discussions on methods to strengthen the strategic and forward-looking partnership for attaining mutual safety and prosperity within the coming many years.
The two Prime Ministers reaffirmed the significance of the Annual Summit mechanism to progress India-Japan cooperation throughout a variety of sectors.
The two Prime Ministers welcomed the sustained high-level exchanges and ministerial and parliamentary engagements between either side, which replicate mutual belief and the depth of the connection. The partnership has considerably expanded over the previous decade into wide-ranging areas reminiscent of safety, defence, commerce, funding, commerce, science and expertise, abilities and mobility, and cultural and people-to-people hyperlinks.
The two Prime Ministers appreciated that India and Japan have greater than seventy dialogue mechanisms and dealing teams throughout sectors, which result in intense engagement and collaboration between myriad ministries, companies and departments, as per an official launch issued bythe Prime Minister’s workplace.
The two Prime Ministers unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its kinds and manifestations, together with cross-border terrorism. They condemned within the strongest phrases the terrorist assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025, and took notice of the United Nations Security Council Monitoring Team Report of 29 July mentioning The Resistance Front (TRF).
The two Prime Ministers expressed critical concern over the scenario within the East China Sea and the South China Sea. They reiterated their sturdy opposition to any unilateral actions that endanger the protection in addition to freedom of navigation and overflight, and try to alter the established order by power or coercion. They shared their critical concern over the militarization of disputed options. They reaffirmed that maritime disputes have to be resolved peacefully and in accordance with worldwide legislation, specifically the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), PMO mentioned in a launch.
Prime Minister Modi additional defined that the TRF had claimed accountability for the assault. Prime Minister Ishiba famous this with concern. They known as for the perpetrators, organizers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be delivered to justice with none delay.
They additionally known as for concerted actions in opposition to all UN-listed terrorist teams and entities together with Al Qaeda, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and their proxies, and to take resolute actions to root out terrorists’ protected havens, get rid of terrorist financing channels and its nexus with transnational crime, and halt cross-border motion of terrorists.
PMO mentioned that the 2 Prime Ministers expressed deep satisfaction that defence and maritime safety cooperation between India and Japan is on an upward trajectory. They welcomed the holding of the third 2+2 assembly of their Foreign and Defence Ministers in August 2024 in New Delhi and instructed their Ministers to carry the fourth spherical in Tokyo at an early date. (ANI)