New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a one-day visit this week. He will first visit Poland on August 21 and then Ukraine on August 23, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday. He will visit Kiev at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake an official visit to Ukraine later this week on Friday, August 23, at the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is also a historic visit as it will be the first time that an Indian Prime Minister will visit Ukraine in over 30 years since we established our diplomatic relations. This visit will build on the recent high-level interactions between the leaders…” India’s State Secretary for External Affairs Tanmaya Lal said during a press conference on Monday.
Notably, Prime Minister Modi made a much-publicized trip to Moscow on July 8 and 9, where old friends India and Russia sought to boost bilateral trade and cooperation in areas ranging from nuclear energy to medicine.
But the visit made headlines because it coincided with the attack on the hospital in kyiv.
India has always advocated diplomacy and dialogue to resolve the conflict in Ukraine: Ministry of External Affairs
During the press conference, the External Affairs Ministry official stressed that India has maintained a very clear and consistent position that diplomacy and dialogue can resolve this conflict between the two nations. He stressed that lasting peace can only be achieved through options that are acceptable to both sides and “can only be a negotiated solution.” “For our part, India continues to engage with all stakeholders,” he said.
It is worth mentioning that Prime Minister Modi has held talks with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on multiple occasions. Each time he spoke to both leaders, he conveyed one message: “India is ready to provide all possible support and contribution required to help find peaceful solutions.”
PM Modi to visit Poland 45 years after Morarji Desai
Apart from Ukraine, PM Modi will also focus on Poland as this would be the first visit by an Indian leader in the last 45 years. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai visited Poland in 1979 while Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi had also visited the country.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Poland this week on August 21-22 at the invitation of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. This is a historic visit as the Prime Minister of India is visiting Poland after 45 years. This visit comes as we mark the 70th anniversary of establishment of our diplomatic relations,” the senior External Affairs Ministry official said.
Poland’s role in evacuation of Indian students in 2022
It may be recalled that India carried out a “successful” rescue mission called “Operation Ganga” during the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. At that time, Poland had played a crucial role in the evacuation of more than 4,000 Indian students. “The Indian community in Poland is estimated to be about 25,000 people, of which about 5,000 are students. The government and people of Poland had offered valuable assistance during “Operation Ganga” for the evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine. More than 4,000 Indian students were evacuated via Poland in 2022. One of the unique links between our countries relates to the time in the 1940s, during World War II, when more than 6,000 Polish women and children found refuge in two princely states of India – Jamnagar and Kolhapur…”, he added.
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