India, Aug. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China to attend the regional summit SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) in Tianjin city from August 31 to September 1, in a significant step marking normalisation in ties between the two nations that was strongly hit after the 2020 Galwan clash.

PM Modi's last visit to China was in 2019.

However, he had met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024.

It is being expected that under the present circumstances, India's recalibration of ties with China imigh act as a balancing factor for the US.

India's participation would take place in the wake of China's support for Pakistan even after the Pahalgam terror attack.

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