Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Poland on Wednesday to visit the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and India. He met with Prime Minister Donald Tuski on Thursday. The Polish Prime Minister announced that relations between countries were elevated to the rank of strategical partnership. He added that Prime Minister Modi had expressed his willingness to engage personally in actions to guarantee the swift and peaceful end of the war in Ukraine.
At 11 o'clock today, leaders issued statements for the media. Donald Tusk believes that Narendra Modi's visit to Poland is evidence of an ever-better relation between Poland and India. He besides stressed that this is simply a large chance for clarification of common positions in matters that thrill the full world.
Prime Minister’s Optimism
Modi had confirmed India's readiness to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The situation in Ukraine and Western Asia is of serious concern. There is no conflict that can be resolved on the battlefield. Innocent people lose their lives, so we support dialog and diplomatic efforts to reconstruct peace and stableness as shortly as possible said Prime Minister of India.
This is the day I got more optimism about the close future in the global context. Not only in the context of war, but besides wider. We will await the results of your commitment Donald Tusk said.
The Prime Minister of India stressed the historical importance of his visit at the conference. He pointed out that raising Polish-Indian relations to the level of strategical partnership takes place 70 years after diplomatic relations between these countries have been established.
Initiatives to strengthen cooperation between Poland and India will include programmes concerning defence, space exploration, youth exchanges and energy transformation. Narendra Modi besides announced that he would like Polish food companies to cooperate in the creation of large food banks in India.
Hope in India?
TVN24 reporter Jakub Loska spoke about the importance of Modi's visit to Poland in the context of the war in Ukraine.
They effort to show, on the 1 hand, that we do not condemn: it must be said that India has never condemned Russian aggression against Ukraine, and on the another hand India has never been as close to the United States as they are now – said the reporter.
According to Losca, India wants to keep a akin distance between the West and Russia. One more aspect is crucial to them. China is the most crucial opponent for India. This is their biggest geopolitical rival – added.
Jakub Loska recalls that after Russia's attack on Ukraine, erstwhile the West imposed sanctions and stopped importing Russian natural materials, India filled this gap by importing oil from Russia. He pointed out that if India had changed its position now and suggested to Putin that the war was taking besides long, it would have affected his attitude and prompted him to soften his approach in negotiations.
Let us remind that the Prime Minister of India besides plans to have a conversation with president Andrzej Duda and then go to Kiev.
