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His comments, made during talks on the two countries’ border dispute with Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval on Tuesday, came in the wake of a series of reports in Indian media that the visit would go ahead.
It will be Modi’s first trip to China in seven years and raises expectations he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the event.
Wang also met Modi later on Tuesday.
The SCO, a largely Eurasian security bloc that China chairs this year, will meet in the northern city of Tianjin between August 31 and September 1. Russian President Vladimir Putin had already confirmed he would attend.
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Wang’s trip to India marks another milestone in China-India ties, which sharply deteriorated after a deadly border clash in 2020. The two countries are now seeing their relationship improve amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States.
