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Minister S. Jaishankar. “While Poland and India may differ in how we have reacted to the war in Ukraine, we believe we still have built on common values, principles and interests, including the promotion of a credible rules-based global order and effective multilateralism,” he said in an interaction with the media on Tuesday evening. Rau stressed that “Russia’s irresponsible actions in Ukraine blatantly trample all the principles that underpin the world order from which Poland and India have benefited in past decades”. He said Russia’s actions have serious implications for global security, including energy and food security. He said he had shared with the Indian side his “critical assessment of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine”, both as chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and as the “chief diplomat of a country directly bordering the war zone”. In a tweet, he said: “Thank You @DrSJaishankar for a great conversation. Our mutual commitment and Polish-Indian unity are growing.” During his meeting with EAM Jaishankar on Monday, the Polish foreign minister “emphasized that India is one of Poland’s key economic partners in Asia”. He expressed the hope that restoring bilateral trade, particularly exports from Poland, after the COVID-19 pandemic will be of lasting nature, a Polish foreign ministry statement said. “My presence in New Delhi is evidence of Poland’s active engagement in maintaining good Polish-Indian bilateral relations built on the willingness to promote freedom, democracy and international order based on the rule of law. This is particularly important in the light of current challenges to regional and global security across our eastern border,” said Minister Rau during the first day of his visit to India on Monday. The official talks between Poland’s and India’s top diplomats also provided an opportunity to discuss key issues in bilateral cooperation and to exchange views on the current regional and global problems, in particular Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. The head of the Polish MFA presented Poland’s position as the OSCE chair on the security situation in Eastern Europe. Minister Rau reaffirmed the commitment to maintain the robust dynamics of political relations with India as one of key Asian countries that currently is a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2022, and in 2023 is to head the G20. Another equally important issue discussed with the Indian side was the broadly understood economic cooperation in the mining sector as well as the pharmaceutical and defence industries, and in promoting Polish exports, it said. The culminating point of the ministerial talks was the signing of a bilateral agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. (UNI)