Modi-Tusk talks: A new phase in the India-Poland strategic partnership

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is in India. He held high-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Both leaders reviewed the India-Poland strategic partnership and discussed ways to deepen bilateral ties. The talks focused on expanding cooperation across key sectors. The Indian delegation included EAM S. Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. Tusk was accompanied by members of the Polish delegation. Tusk also met his Indian counterpart, EAM Jaishankar, in a separate meeting. India's Ministry of External Affairs has outlined the four key outcomes of the delegation-level talks. These include a target to double bilateral trade by 2030, Poland joining the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, the establishment of a defense industry dialogue, and enhanced cooperation on counterterrorism. terrorism. Tusk said he was proud to call Prime Minister Modi his friend, while highlighting that India and Poland have no conflict of interest. Our discussions are very successful, not only because Poland and India are countries that share a lot, but we are divided by nothing, maybe by geographic distance. And the synergies between Poland and India is quite simple, or are quite simple. We have no conflicts of interests. We have no historical issues that divide us. We are building our friendship based on trust, shared values and ideas, such as the idea of non-violence. The two leaders also witnessed the exchange of key memorandum of understanding before attending the joint press meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated India's support for peace efforts in Ukraine and West Asia. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also called on Tusk and discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation across a wide range of domains. This comes as part of Tusk's official visit to Delhi from 21st to 23rd of October. It is aimed at advancing the India- Poland strategic partnership and expanding cooperation in trade, defense, technology and other areas of mutual interest. Earlier in the day, the Polish Prime Minister paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, where he laid a wreath at the memorial dedicated to the father of the nation. During his visit, Tusk participated in the India-Poland Business Forum in New Delhi before traveling to Bengaluru on October 23rd to engage with leaders from India's information technology and space sectors. India and Poland elevated their bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership during Modi's visit to Poland in August 2024. Tusk's current visit marks the first visit by a Polish prime minister to India since 2010.