Opinion | PM Modi’s Eastern European Gambit Is Paying Off

On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met PM Modi in New Delhi with his finance and economy minister and a business delegation of nearly 100 Polish companies

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When Narendra Modi landed in Warsaw on August 21, 2024, he became the first Indian prime minister to visit Poland in 45 years. Morarji Desai had made the previous trip in June 1979, when Poland was still a communist state inside the Soviet bloc.

That gap shaped how India dealt with Europe for nearly half a century. New Delhi did its European business in Paris, Berlin and London, and later at the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels. Much of Central and Eastern Europe went decades without a visit from an Indian prime minister.

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On Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk returned the visit. He met PM Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi with his finance and economy minister, Andrzej Domański, and a business delegation of nearly 100 Polish companies. No Polish prime minister had come to India since 2010, when Tusk himself made the trip during his first term.

A leader who brings that many companies on a three-day visit has decided the Indian market is worth the effort. Warsaw reached that decision because of what the two governments did after PM Modi’s visit.

What Happened In Warsaw

In Warsaw, PM Modi and Tusk raised the relationship to a strategic partnership and adopted a five-year action plan running from 2024 to 2028. The plan covers defence, trade, energy, mining, pharmaceuticals, agricultural technology and infrastructure. The two sides also signed a social security agreement to make........

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