Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, bringing the three leaders together again in a rare moment of high-profile diplomacy.
Modi, Xi and Putin appeared together for the family photograph at the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall, with the interaction between Modi and Xi marked by a brief handshake. The encounter comes a year after the three leaders were seen together at the SCO Summit in Tianjin, where their joint appearance drew considerable international attention.
