China on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s planned visit to the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held later this month, reported the PTI.

After a gap of over seven years, PM Modi is expected to travel to China later this month to attend the annual summit of the SCO, people familiar with the matter in Delhi said this week.

China welcomes Prime Minister Modi for the SCO Tianjin Summit, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said while answering a query on reports that PM Modi`s visit to China to attend the Tianjin summit, according to the PTI.