Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Visits India to Strengthen Economic and Defense Ties

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is visiting India from 21 to 23 October 2026. This is the first visit by a Polish Prime Minister to India in 16 years. Tusk previously visited in 2010 and in 2017 visited Delhi as President of the European Council. Tusk is accompanied by Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domanski and business delegates from about 100 companies. The India-Poland Business Forum is taking place in New Delhi on 22 October and in Bengaluru on 23 October. Tusk will meet with business leaders from the IT and space sectors. Poland is important to India for three reasons: India is important to Poland for three reasons: Tusk's visit is an attempt to transform India-Poland relations from a 2024 strategic partnership to substantive economic and defence cooperation. India expects access to drones, space tech, and European markets from Poland, while Poland sees a $10 billion trade target from India, investment, and a way to reduce dependence on China. Analysts in Poland themselves expect that the two countries will not want to move away from the second question.