India foreign minister begins Poland, Ukraine visit
September 3, 2026
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar arrives in Poland, next stop Ukraine
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reached the Polish capital of Warsaw as he kickstarts an official visit to Poland and Ukraine on Thursday.
During the three-day tour, which runs until Saturday, Jaishankar is scheduled to meet Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha for bilateral consultations, the foreign ministry in New Delhi said in a statement.
The ministry added that the visit is focused on “enhancing bilateral relations” and will also provide an opportunity to “exchange views on regional developments and issues of mutual interest.”
The foreign minister was greeted at the airport in Warsaw on Wednesday by India’s ambassador to Poland, Neeta Bhushan.
Jaishankar’s trip to Poland comes amid speculation about a visit by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to India.
Earlier in August, Poland’s top envoy to India said that Tusk’s visit, which would be his third to New Delhi, would send a strong signal for cooperation.
There is yet to be formal confirmation of Tusk’s India tour.
The visit also reflects broader efforts by New Delhi to deepen engagement with Central and Eastern European partners.
Following the Poland leg of his tour, Jaishankar will head to Ukraine.
Jaishankar’s Ukraine visit comes after key Modi-Putin meeting
The Ukraine leg of Jaishankar’s tour comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday. During the meeting, Modi urged an end to the war in Ukraine.
Ahead of Jaishankar’s arrival in Kyiv, Ukraine’s First Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said on Tuesday that he had met India’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Anjani Kumar, to discuss Kyiv-New Delhi ties and India’s role in efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Kyslytsya said he discussed with Kumar Modi’s message to Putin in Bishkek, in which the Indian prime minister urged a “move from endless war to end of war” in Ukraine.
“We look forward to continued dialogue with India and to translating this shared interest in peace into concrete steps,” Kyslytsya added.
