The first day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan was dominated by bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. During his meeting with the Chinese president, which ran overtime from the scheduled 20 minutes, both leaders agreed that there is a new momentum between the countries since the Wuhan informal summit. Later, the PM said, "There has been an improvement in the strategic communication between the two counties since the informal summit and it has led to sensitivities towards each other's concerns." Later, he also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin where the PM thanked him for the "support for the rifle manufacturing unit in Amethi". He will also hold several side meetings with leaders of countries, but as planned, no such meeting his Pakistan counterpart, Imran Khan, is expected.

Source: dna June 13, 2019 23:37 UTC