Analysts say while India could act as a potential bridge in engaging parties locked in conflict, ensuring a resolution works will be harder.

The trip happened following the bilateral meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.

The two-day summit aims to promote a vision of a multipolar world and mutual trade ties amid Trump’s unilateralism.

PM Narendra Modi’s meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit in Bishkek has put India’s complex geopolitical balancing act in focus. While India continues to cautiously engage China,

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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Ukraine and Poland on September 3-5. The visit comes amid concerns that the escalating Russia-Ukraine war could expand beyond the two countries.

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The brief exchange between Modi and Xi assumes particular significance because India-China ties have been undergoing a carefully managed reset after the deadly Galwan Valley clash of June 2020.