Amid Uncertain Times, Xi Jinping Met Putin at SCO Summit but Not India’s Modi

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose with Mongolia's President during their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 15, 2022. Alexandr Demyanchuk/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping returned to Beijing late at night on Sept. 16 after a three-day trip to Central Asia. During his attendance at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan, Xi held one-on-one meetings on the sidelines with leaders from ten countries. However, he had no such meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

China’s Xinhua News Agency said in a press release that Xi returned to Beijing immediately after the summit ended in Samarkand on the afternoon of Sept. 16.