According to news from the Russian Sputnik News Agency Tianjin on September 1, a Russian Sputnik News Agency reporter reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a brief conversation with China President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Modi before the start of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin.

Earlier, Putin arrived at the SCO Summit venue at the Meijiang International Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin.

Putin first held a brief conversation with Modi, and the two leaders walked hand in hand toward the conference hall. Then Xi Jinping joined the conversation with the Russian President and the Prime Minister of India. The three leaders were happy and smiled in the conversation.

On September 1, the official schedule of the SCO summit began. The day before, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome banquet for the summit guests in Tianjin.

Editor: Yuan Ye