Chinese Premier Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to strengthen strategic ties as the countries face significant tariffs on exports to the U.S.

Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China, Xi said the two nations were among the world's most "civilizational," according to a translation by the South China Morning Post.

"It is vital to be friends, a good neighbor, and [for] the 'dragon' and the 'elephant' to come together," Xi told Modi, according to a South China Morning Post translation, during a face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit that began in Tianjin on Sunday.

In footage of a meeting between the pair posted to Modi's official YouTube account, X

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