00:00Your Excellency, Mr. Prime Minister,
00:06Delegates of both countries,
00:09Friends from the Media, Namaskar.
00:13It is a great pleasure for me to warmly welcome
00:18the Prime Minister of Poland to India.
00:21During my visit to Poland in 2024,
00:27he extended a very warm welcome to me and to my delegation.
00:33On that visit,
00:36we elevated our relations to the level of a strategic partnership.
00:43Building on this strong foundation,
00:46our partnership has gained new momentum
00:51over the past two years.
00:54And at my meeting today with Prime Minister Tuss,
01:01we took several important decisions
01:05to further strengthen our strategic partnership.
01:09Friends,
01:12the friendship between India and Poland
01:15is not based just on diplomatic relations,
01:21but on our shared heritage of humanity and compassion.
01:28During the Second World War,
01:33the royal families of Jamnagar and Kolhapur
01:37gave shelter to thousands of children and families
01:42from Poland in India.
01:45Even today,
01:47the people of Poland
01:49remember Jam Sahab with great respect
01:55as Dobre Maharaja
01:57or the good Maharaja.
02:02By helping us ensure the safe return
02:06of our students from Ukraine in 2022,
02:09Poland too displayed the same spirit of humanity.
02:15I am pleased
02:16that through the Jam Sahab Youth Exchange Program,
02:21Polish youths are coming to India
02:25and are carrying our historic friendship forward
02:30to the next generation.
02:32Friends,
02:34the world today is going through
02:38a period of uncertainty and change.
02:41At such a time too,
02:44both India and Poland
02:47are emerging
02:48as
02:50innovation
02:51centers of growth,
02:52technology and innovation.
02:56Last year,
02:59Poland's GDP
03:01crossed
03:02the historic milestone
03:04of $1 trillion
03:05and I congratulate
03:09Prime Minister Tusk for this.
03:11India too
03:12registered
03:14the remarkable
03:16growth rate
03:18of 7.8%
03:19in the last quarter.
03:22The increasing
03:23economic strength
03:25of both countries
03:26presents
03:27new opportunities
03:29for the India-Poland
03:30partnership
03:31and the
03:34India-European Union
03:35free trade agreement
03:36has further strengthened
03:39these possibilities.
03:40once this agreement
03:43is implemented,
03:46it will open up
03:48new opportunities
03:49for exports
03:51of machinery,
03:52chemicals,
03:53plastics
03:53and engineering goods
03:55and engineering goods
03:56from India to Poland.
03:57At the same time
03:58in sectors
04:00such as advanced
04:02manufacturing,
04:04food processing
04:05and biotech
04:08in railways
04:09and mobility
04:09will attract
04:10new investments
04:12from Poland.
04:14I am particularly
04:16pleased that the
04:18Prime Minister
04:19brought a large
04:20business delegation
04:21to India.
04:22We are confident
04:23that companies
04:25from both nations
04:26will work together
04:30to develop
04:32trusted supply chains
04:33for the world
04:35and will also realize
04:38our shared goal
04:41of doubling
04:42bilateral trade
04:43for 2030.
04:48Today we agreed
04:49to deepen
04:50our ties
04:51in the fields
04:53of defense,
04:54space,
04:54nuclear energy.
04:56In all these strategic
04:57sectors
04:58we invite
05:00Polish companies
05:01to engage
05:03in co-development
05:05and co-production
05:06with India.
05:08Critical minerals
05:10and coal gasification
05:12we will also
05:13hold new partnerships
05:16leveraging Poland's
05:18expertise
05:19in critical minerals
05:21and coal gasification.
05:23Our relationship
05:24in the domains
05:26of IT
05:27and cyber security
05:28is already robust
05:30with many Indian
05:32IT companies
05:33operating in Poland.
05:37Building
05:37about this cooperation
05:39we agreed
05:40to establish
05:42an India-Poland
05:44startup bridge.
05:47We
05:49also
05:50organize
05:51technology hackathons
05:53for the youth
05:54of both our countries.
05:58these initiatives
05:58will provide
06:00fresh new
06:01emerging technologies
06:10while creating
06:12new opportunities
06:13for the youth
06:14of both countries.
06:15Friends, cultural
06:16and people-to-people
06:17ties
06:20represent the greatest
06:22strength of our relationship.
06:24We are delighted
06:26that Poland
06:29has such a long-standing
06:31tradition of Sanskrit
06:32studies and
06:34Indology.
06:37we have established
06:39a chair for Indian
06:40studies in the city
06:42of Krakow.
06:43Today we agreed to
06:45further strengthen
06:47cooperation in the fields
06:49of culture and education
06:51as well as in the areas
06:53of sports and tourism.
06:54Friends.
06:56Today
06:57we also held
07:00detailed discussions
07:01on regional
07:02and global
07:03developments.
07:04Both
07:05India and Poland
07:06believe
07:08in democratic values
07:09and the rule of law.
07:11we believe
07:14that reforms
07:17are needed
07:19to make
07:20global
07:20governance
07:21institutions
07:22stronger
07:23and more effective.
07:25whether it is
07:27Ukraine
07:27or West Asia
07:29India
07:30will continue
07:32to support
07:33every meaningful
07:35effort
07:35for peace.
07:37Your Excellency
07:39our shared history
07:42bears a deep imprint
07:45of humanity
07:46and compassion
07:48and our shared future
07:50holds immense potential
07:53for cooperation
07:54in innovation
07:55and technology.
07:57I am confident
07:58that this
07:59visit of yours
08:00will infuse
08:01new energy
08:03into the
08:04India-Poland
08:05strategic partnership
08:06and take it
08:07to new heights.
08:08Once again
08:09a very warm
08:10welcome to
08:11you and your
08:12delegation.
08:14Thank you very much.
08:24for the
08:24a very special
08:28Thank you.
08:29Thank you.
08:31Thank you.
08:32Thank you.
