PM Modi Shares Family-Style Photo with World Leaders at SCO Summit in China

PM Modi Joins Global Leaders for ‘Family Photo’ at SCO Summit in China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders posed for the customary ‘family photo’ on Sunday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China.

PM Modi was positioned in the front row, alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Other leaders in the photograph included Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Ahead of the summit, President Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a welcoming banquet for international delegates. Notably, this was the first time PM Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Sharif were seen sharing the same platform since India’s Operation Sindoor precision strikes.

SCO Summit 2025 Overview

China welcomed global leaders with full ceremonial fanfare as the two-day SCO summit commenced. The gathering brings together more than 20 nations, including major powers such as India, China, Russia, and Iran, amid rising geopolitical tensions.

The 25th SCO summit will review the organisation’s achievements over the past quarter-century and adopt a ten-year development strategy. China is hosting the SCO for the fifth time, with President Xi chairing the proceedings.

Delegates from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are participating, with China highlighting the event as a demonstration of unity among the “Global South.”

The SCO currently includes China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Belarus as members, with 16 additional countries holding observer or dialogue partner status.