Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Poland on the occasion of his visit to Ukraine on August 24. “If the visit takes place, it will be Modi’s first trip to Ukraine and the first by an Indian prime minister to Poland in nearly 45 years,” Indian news agency PTI reported.
The news of the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Poland was carried by several Indian media outlets, led by the country’s largest news agency – The Press Trust of India (PTI).
As reported by PIT, citing “multiple diplomatic sources,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to “pave the way for ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.” “The proposed visit is planned around Ukraine’s independence day, August 24,” it stressed.
The statement noted that Prime Minister Modi “you can also go to Poland as part of a binational trip”. “If the visit takes place, it will be Modi’s first trip to Ukraine and the first by an Indian prime minister to Poland in nearly 45 years,” he added.
Information about Modi’s planned visit to Poland was also released by the Hindustan Times (HT). One of the most widely read newspapers in India, published since 1924, reported that “the visit, which is scheduled to coincide with Ukraine’s Independence Day on August 24, can be combined with a trip to Poland due to the complicated logistics involved in organizing a visit to a war zone“.
In this information, HT refers to people who: agreed to be quoted on condition of anonymity.
Information about Modi’s visit to Poland in August was also released by the Polish Press Agency, citing sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An Indian politician is expected to hold high-level meetings in our country, a the visit will also have an economic component.
According to information from PAP, Both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Andrzej Duda are scheduled to meet Modi in Poland.
During the negotiations, issues of international politics, as well as cooperation – including economic cooperation – between both countries will be discussed.
Earlier in July, Reuters reported, citing Indian media, that Indian Prime Minister may visit Ukraine in August.
Reuters noted that the visit is only planned a few weeks after Modi met Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The Indian prime minister and the Russian president were in talks in the first half of July when a Russian missile hit the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kiev. More than 30 people died in the Ukrainian capital at the time.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky then assessed that Modi’s visit to Moscow on such a day and his embrace with the dictator are “a big disappointment and a big blow”. for peace efforts.
In Moscow, Modi stressed the need for a peaceful solution. After his meeting with Russian officials, it was reported that the Russian Defense Ministry had terminated contracts with 20 Indian citizens who had previously been tricked into participating in the invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters recalled that India did not impose sanctions on Russia after the war beganbut to continue trade cooperation with this country. They did not condemn the Kremlin for the aggression, but called on “both sides of the conflict” for a peaceful solution.
Delhi is trying to deepen relations with the West without upsetting relations with Russia, the agency stressed.
The Indian government has taken an ambiguous stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Indian officials have consistently refrained from criticizing Moscow and have called Russia “the fundamental pillar of India’s foreign policy due to its strategic importance to national security.”
India is the second most populous country in the world.
