India is a 'superpower', should play role in world affairs, says Poland minister; lauds progress made during PM Modi's regime

Poland wants India to play a role in world affairs, said Polish Secretary of State at Foreign Affairs Ministry Wladyslaw T Bartoszewski, who also highlighted the progress, including remarkable economic growth, made in the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“I can see how much progress India has made under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the last two terms…We want to have closer cooperation with India because we want India to play a role in world affairs,” Bartoszewski was quoted as saying by ANI.

Poland wants closer cooperation with India

Bartoszewski further said India is a “superpower” and should play a role that fits a superpower on the world scale.

He said Poland wants India to play a role in world affairs, as Warsaw would like to have closer cooperation with New Delhi.

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Poland wants India to play more active role in global politics

Bartoszewski termed India and Poland’s relationship “very important” and said it is time for it to move to a higher level.

“The (India-Poland) relationships have always been extremely good. We have never had any problems. Now, I think we should move to a higher level because India has developed into a phenomenal country, is the 5th largest economy and is very important. We have developed as well and we have more to offer to each other…” he said.

“We want India to play a more active role in global politics because, as the largest democracy, we want a country like India to share our values as to how the world should be organised. We want to partner with India… We are looking at potentially creating the India-Central Eastern European Forum to discuss amongst a few countries… There are a lot of topics…” the Polish Secretary of State further said.

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Poland says when Ukraine war will end

Commenting on the Russia-Ukraine war which will complete two years on 24 February, Bartoszewski said the ongoing conflict between the countries will end immediately if Russian President Vladimir Putin withdraws his forces from neighbouring Ukraine.

“Russia attacked Ukraine, which is a sovereign country as acknowledged by the UN, to reclaim a territory that used to be Russia’s colony… That is not acceptable in the 21st century… It could end immediately if President Putin withdraws the forces that invaded Ukraine,” he said.

India and Poland share strong bilateral ties. After the Ukraine war began, Poland helped in India’s ‘Operation Ganga’ by aiding in the evacuation of Indian students from the war-struck country in 2022.

With inputs from ANI