Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on Thursday unequivocally condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all their forms and manifestations, and urged the international community to keep working to eliminate terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, according to the India–Poland joint statement issued after their talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, IANS reported.

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The two leaders stressed that there can be no justification for terrorism on any grounds, including cross-border terrorism, and condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on 22 April 2025, the statement said.

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Both sides called for strong and concerted action against terrorists and terrorist entities, including those designated by the UN Security Council's 1267 sanctions committee, and asked all countries to disrupt terrorism-financing networks. They also called for the early adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the United Nations and agreed to hold a dedicated dialogue on counter-terrorism, Nation Press reported.

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Poland backs India at the UN

The Polish side expressed support for India's membership of a more inclusive, reformed and expanded UN Security Council, and reiterated its support for India's candidature for a non-permanent seat in the Council for 2028–29, the joint statement said, as reported by Nation Press. Both leaders underlined the importance of multilateralism with the UN Charter at its core and called for structural reform of the United Nations, including expansion of the Security Council in both its permanent and non-permanent categories.

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The terrorism and UN-reform passages formed the security core of a wider joint statement from Thursday's meeting, which also covered trade, defence and technology cooperation between the two countries.