Poland should not encourage terrorism directed against India

India admonishes Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting

New Delhi – India and Poland sparred over their respective regional rivals as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Polish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radoslaw Sikorski aired their differences over Pakistan and Russia on 19th January 2026, Monday as the two Ministers met for talks in New Delhi.

Taking aim at Poland’s renewed ties with Pakistan, Mr. Jaishankar told visiting Mr. Sikorski that India expects its partners not to help “fuel” terrorism in the neighbourhood. Mr. Jaishankar also delivered a severe message to the visiting dignitary about the European Union’s sanctions against India’s trade and oil imports from Russia, calling it “selective targeting”.

“Poland should display zero tolerance for terrorism and not help fuel the terrorist infrastructure in our neighbourhood,” Mr. Jaishankar said. Mr. Sikorski is a former journalist who covered the war in Afghanistan in 1986-1989 and spent considerable time in Pakistan. Mr. Jaishankar said he was “no stranger to the region”, and would be “certainly familiar with the longstanding challenge of cross-border terrorism”.