Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Tianjin, China, on 31 August to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, according to government and local media reports. The trip will be his first visit to China in more than seven years and follows a thaw in relations that had cooled after a 2020 border clash. Modi is expected to hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the meeting, with informal meetings possible with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. A separate Modi-Putin meeting would be the leaders’ first in over a year. The visit comes as New Delhi grapples with a sharp deterioration in economic ties with Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Indian exports and has warned of additional penalties over India’s purchases of Russian oil. Ahead of Modi’s China trip, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is in Moscow to discuss energy supplies and the delivery schedule of Russia’s S-400 air-defence system.