Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday evening to kickstart a three-day official visit to India aimed at bolstering bilateral cooperation across defence, trade and strategic sectors, IANS reported.

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On his arrival at the airport, Tusk was received by Raj Bhushan Choudhary, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti. Welcoming the Polish leader, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X that the high-level visit is expected to provide fresh impetus to the India-Poland Strategic Partnership and further deepen the long-standing ties between the two nations, IANS said.

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Oct 21-23Tusk's three-day official visit to India
16 yearssince his last visit to India as Polish PM, in 2010
~100Polish companies accompanying the delegation, per ANI
Oct 22bilateral talks with PM Modi in New Delhi

Tusk is accompanied by Poland's Minister of Finance and Economy, Andrzej Domanski, and a high-level business delegation. Polish MP Kinga Gajewska said nearly 100 Polish companies — from agriculture and agricultural processing to IT, the space sector and defence — will accompany the prime minister in India, ANI reported.

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During his stay, Tusk is scheduled to hold extensive bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, October 22. Discussions will focus on expanding defence manufacturing, trade, emerging technologies, space research and renewable energy, alongside reviews of regional and global security issues, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and India-EU relations, IANS reported. An India-Poland Business Forum will be held in New Delhi on October 22 and in Bengaluru on October 23, where Tusk will engage with IT and space sector stakeholders.

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Former Polish ambassador to India Adam Burakowski said the two countries aim to boost bilateral trade to US$10 billion during Tusk's visit, ANI reported in a separate account of the visit's opening. That is the stated aim reported by ANI; no agreement figure has been announced yet.

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This marks Tusk's first visit to India as prime minister in 16 years, and his second in that capacity after 2010, following Prime Minister Modi's visit to Warsaw in August 2024, which elevated bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs said, as reported by IANS.

Sources: IANS, ANI.