Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is set to visit India at the end of October 2026, accompanied by nearly 100 leading Polish companies, as Warsaw seeks a significant expansion of economic ties with New Delhi. The visit was confirmed by Poland's Minister of Finance and Economy Andrzej Domanski on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Scope of the Visit

Tusk plans to travel to both New Delhi and Bengaluru, with economic cooperation forming the centrepiece of the mission. Domanski disclosed the plan following a closed-door meeting with India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the sidelines of the G20 gathering.

'The Prime Minister is planning to visit not only Delhi, but also Bangalore. And this mission will have a very strong economic background and will have strong emphasis on economic issues,' Domanski said.

The finance minister confirmed that Warsaw would bring 'close to 100 leading Polish companies' to participate in the trip — making it one of the largest business delegations Poland has sent to any single country.

Sectors in Focus

Domanski identified defence, space, machinery, and food processing — including poultry exports — as the primary areas where Poland sees room for deeper cooperation with India. He noted that Poland was rapidly developing its defence industry and had committed to doubling its investments in the space sector.

'As a country that is rapidly developing its defence industry, we believe there's a lot of room for cooperation in the defence industry,' he said. 'We also decided to double our investments in the space industry. For sure, we will bring our space industry companies to India.'

For Indian companies eyeing Poland, Domanski pointed to clean energy, information technology, and the industrial sector, while also positioning Poland as a strategic entry point into the broader European Union market.

Bilateral Ties: Improving But Below Potential

Domanski acknowledged that while bilateral relations were on an upward trajectory, they remained well below their potential. He pointed to Poland's economy — growing at an estimated 3.5 to 3.6 per cent this year — as a compelling reason for closer ties with India.

'India, a giant, a leader in Asia, well, it's a country that we really like to have closer trade relations,' Domanski said.

He also underscored democratic values as a cornerstone of Warsaw's long-term engagement with New Delhi. 'We see India as a democracy, which is very important and a country with which we want to build stable economic ties,' he said.

India-Poland Strategic Partnership: The Backdrop

The visit builds on the Strategic Partnership that India and Poland elevated their relationship to during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Warsaw in August 2024 — the first by an Indian prime minister to Poland in 45 years. The two countries simultaneously adopted a five-year action plan covering trade and investment, defence, energy, green technologies, agriculture, and infrastructure.

Tusk had last visited India as Poland's Prime Minister in 2010. During Modi's 2024 Warsaw trip, he formally invited Tusk to return — making this forthcoming visit a direct follow-through on that diplomatic exchange. Notably, this also comes against the backdrop of a recently reached consensus on the India-EU trade framework, which Domanski cited as a positive development that individual member states must now convert into concrete bilateral gains.

G20 Context and Global Trade Concerns

At the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting, Domanski raised Warsaw's concerns about what he described as the 'weaponisation of trade in agricultural products', citing disruptions caused by Russia's war in Ukraine and restrictions on Black Sea trade routes. He emphasised India's growing role in global commerce as a reason for stronger India-Poland and India-EU alignment.

'I really hope that Poland, the European Union and India will be much closer trade allies, trade partners than they are today,' Domanski said.

The late-October visit, if confirmed as planned, would mark a significant step in translating the 2024 Strategic Partnership from a diplomatic framework into tangible commercial outcomes.