PM Modi, Chinese President Xi at SCO Summit: No smiles, no handshakes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintained a safe distance from neighbour China's President Xi Jinping, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, as he called for improving connectivity.

During a photo sessions, PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping stood side by side but did not exchange smiles or shake hands.

PM Narendra Modi, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Shariff, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attended the SCO and deliberated on the regional security situation and ways to enhance trade and connectivity at the annual summit of the grouping.

PM Modi and President Jinping shared the world stage for the first time after clashes in the Galwan Valley. The tension along the Indo-China border was evident from the distance that the two leaders maintained from each other at the summit.