India’s Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, met Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng at the opening of the SCO Cooperation Centre for Metabolic Diseases in Shanghai on Friday, reaffirming efforts to strengthen India-China ties.
According to a post by the Consulate General of India in Shanghai on X, the meeting took place on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the centre established under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
During the interaction, Mayor Gong expressed satisfaction over the recent progress in bilateral relations, particularly following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China to attend the Tianjin SCO Summit in August.
He also highlighted the widely welcomed resumption of direct air links between Shanghai and Indian cities as a positive development.
Consul General Mathur thanked the senior Chinese leadership and conveyed India’s best wishes for further strengthening cooperation. He underscored that the progress achieved in bilateral relations would also contribute positively to collaboration in multilateral forums such as the SCO and BRICS.
The Indian side also noted that India will be hosting the BRICS Leaders’ Summit later this year, expressing confidence that enhanced bilateral engagement would be mutually beneficial across regional and global platforms.
The meeting was shared on X with the message “United for a Healthy Future,” reflecting the focus on cooperation in healthcare and multilateral engagement.
