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This year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at Tianjin, China, has been perhaps the most successful one that left with some stunning optics of Modi, Putin and Xi Jinping.

With spotlight firmly on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the China’s leader Xi Jinping played the perfect host.

But the one-off meeting with Modi inside Putin’s car has made world headlines where two leaders were alone for 50 minutes without anybody else.

Earlier in the day at the SCO meeting, the Prime Minister highlighted the Pahalgam terror attack and urged the SCO to hold countries that perpetrate or support cross-border terrorism accountable.

Later in the evening on his return to Delhi, Narendra Modi described the visit as “productive” in a post on X,.

The PM said he emphasised India’s position on key global issues during his engagements.”Concluding a productive visit to China, where I attended the SCO Summit and interacted with various world leaders. Also emphasised India’s stand on key global issues. Thankful to President Xi Jinping the Chinese government and people for the successful organisation of this Summit,

In his speech at the 25th SCO summit where Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif was also in attendance, Modi underlined that “terrorism is not just a threat to the security of any one country, but to humanity as a whole”.

“No nation, no society, no citizen can claim immunity from it. That is why India has always emphasized unity in the fight against terrorism,” he said, noting India’s efforts through SCO-RATS (Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure).

Referring to the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, PM Modi said India has suffered the “brunt of terrorism” for four decades. He thanked partner nations that stood by New Delhi in its fight.

Modi said the Pahalgam attack was not only an assault on India’s conscience but also an open challenge to every nation and individual who believes in humanity. “We must, in one clear and united voice, state that double standards on terrorism will not be tolerated,” he said.