Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a "warm and forward-looking" meeting here on Saturday on the sidelines of the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.

"Further strengthening the positive momentum in the bilateral relationship generated at the Wuhan informal summit, PM @naredramodi had a warm and forward looking meeting with Chinese President #XiJinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit," Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.