PM Modi and President Xi held discussions to draw a blueprint for deepening bilateral relationship and reviewed the implementation of decisions they had taken at an informal summit in Wuhan.
Modi arrived here in the afternoon on a two-day visit to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
Describing his latest China visit as a new beginning for India, PM Modi said he was excited to lead the Indian delegation for their first-ever meeting of the Council as a full member.
Although both have met over a dozen times as leaders of their countries, the Saturday meeting in Qingdao comes just a little over two months after the "ice-breaking" informal summit in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Modi is expected to hold nearly half a dozen bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries.
Without a direct reference to Pakistan, Sushma Swaraj said the world community together must "wipe-out this scourge from the face of the earth".
SCO Foreign and Defence Ministers meetings are scheduled on the same day on April 24 and almost around the same time, according to officials.
China has been holding summit-level meetings of international organisations in different cities giving them special prominence. Last year it held the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit in Xiamen city.
In June, India and Pakistan became full-fledged members of the SCO, a China-dominated security grouping which is increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.
India is attending the SCO summit as a permanent member for the first time. In June, India and Pakistan had become full-fledged members of the SCO.
Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is currently in the Russian city of Sochi for the SCO Head of Governments meeting.
The SCO Summit will be held on November 30 and December 1 and it is likely to discuss the regional security scenario besides several other issues.
India has attended an SCO meeting in China to enhance anti-terrorism and border control mechanisms among member nations.
Welcoming India and Pakistan into the SCO, China today dismissed apprehensions that their differences could disrupt the unity of the grouping saying its charter strictly prohibits members to bring their bilateral hostility into the organisation
Terming these reports as “nonsense,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that the two leaders met several times during the summit.
At the same time the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) could help bring India and Pakistan closer to address their differences.
Last week, in a rare snub to Pakistan, Jinping had skipped a customary meeting with Sharif in Astana after the murder of two Chinese nationals in Balochistan.
The UN chief also strongly appealed to world leaders at the summit to show leadership and commitment in efforts to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Sharif returned from Astana after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on the sidelines of which he met Presidents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Russia. Conspicuously absent was a meeting with Xi.
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