New Delhi: Amid ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski praised India’s role in supporting
peace between both countries. He said that Russian President Vladimir Putin pays close attention to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi says. He noted that India is among the few countries which have the capability to influence Russia.
In an interview with news agency ANI, Bartoszewski called PM Modi a leader who is respected across the globe. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a very well-known world statesman, who is very respected, and India has a long-standing relationship with the Russian Federation and, before that, with the Soviet Union as a non-aligned nation, he said while speaking to the agency.
India has potential to stop Russia-Ukraine war: Bartoszewski
The minister added, “President Putin actually pays attention to what Prime Minister Modi tells him. I mentioned the role Prime Minister Modi played in stopping Putin from using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine at the end of 2022.”
#WATCH | Delhi: On the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Secretary of State of the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski, says, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a very well-known world statesman, who is very respected, and India has a long-standing relationship… pic.twitter.com/R38wQurE9u
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2026
“Prime Minister Modi is one of the few people who actually can exert some pressure and influence on President Putin, and that is clearly something India could do to stop this conflict,” Bartoszewski noted further as per ANI.
Bartoszewski on India-Poland defence cooperation
Speaking on the defence cooperation between Poland and India, he added, “We have to sign an agreement about exchanging of classified information because without it, it’s very difficult. And then once we do that, we have interest from the Indian side in selling various Polish military platforms to India, and India is also interested in potentially producing them here.” “We already have a company which is not only selling drones using common balance to India, but is now set up a company to produce those drones,” the Polish minister added further.
