A strategic partnership is a formal upgrade of ties, usually covering defence, trade, technology and regular high-level talks.
India and Poland raised their ties to a strategic partnership in August 2024.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is now visiting India to review the partnership.
An Action Plan for 2024-2028 was adopted during the 2024 visit.
Talks with Prime Minister Modi are set for October 22.
This is Tusk’s second official visit to India as Polish prime minister, after a visit in 2010, according to The Tribune. ThePrint describes it as the first visit by a Polish prime minister to India since 2010.
On Thursday, October 22, Tusk is to hold bilateral talks with Modi in New Delhi, which will cover the full scope of bilateral relations and regional and global issues, according to the MEA as quoted by The Tribune.
An India-Poland Business Forum is scheduled in New Delhi on October 22 and in Bengaluru on October 23, according to the same report.
In Bengaluru, Tusk will meet the governor and the chief minister and attend a business forum focused on high-technology industries, according to ThePrint.
Poland’s Minister of Finance and Economy, Andrzej Domanski, accompanies Tusk, along with a business delegation, according to The Tribune.
ThePrint reports that the delegation represents nearly 100 companies.
The leaders are expected to review ties that were elevated to a strategic partnership during Modi’s August 2024 visit to Poland, according to the reports.
Modi’s 2024 visit was the first official visit by an Indian prime minister to Poland in 45 years, and an Action Plan for 2024-2028 was adopted, according to ThePrint.
Defence cooperation is expected to be prominent, and a meeting of the Joint Working Group on Defence is likely, according to ThePrint.
Other topics include space technology, artificial intelligence, mining, green energy and food processing, according to the same report.
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