Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- US President Donald Trump, on Friday, said India and Russia appear to have been "lost" to China after their leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

On Tuesday, Mr Xi hosted over 20 non-Western leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin.

This was Mr Modi's first visit to China in seven years, marking an improvement in relations between the two Asian giants. Both countries are founding members of BRICS+ but have several areas of disagreement including border disputes.

Mr Trump, expressing his disappointment with the meeting, described Mr Modi and Mr Putin as having switched...