India-Poland strategic partnership should translate into JVs: PM Tusk

India and Poland should move beyond traditional trade and deepen cooperation in technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and aerospace, Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday. Strategic partnership between the two countries should translate into joint ventures (JVs), the visiting leader said in Bengaluru. Tusk praised the Bengaluru city as a global innovation hub, noting how sustained investment in knowledge and entrepreneurship can elevate an entire economy. He said, "Poland has also undergone a huge transformation and is now a modern industrial economy and an important European centre for   information and communications technology, engineering and innovation."  Highlighting digital public services, he cited India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Poland's electronic government services and mObywatel digital identity application as examples of expertise the countries could share.

#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says, "... We are focusing on future-oriented dimensions, industries such as digital technologies, artificial intelligence and aerospace. Bengaluru is a global hub for computing, research and innovation, showing how investment in people, knowledge and entrepreneurship can transform an economy... Poland has also undergone a huge transformation and is now a modern industrial economy and an important European centre for information and communications technology, engineering and innovation."

— ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2026

Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar says, "One thing Karnataka should be very proud of is that all our young leaders and senior businessmen have made the state proud. The Prime Minister is visiting here for the second time. He is one of the longest-serving prime ministers, and now he is in the European Union. They have come here for great business opportunities. I rushed back from Delhi yesterday, and we discussed matters with their industry leaders. We have extended our invitation to them, and I think they are very happy. Polish companies are already happy to work here in Bengaluru and Karnataka. I have invited them to the Tech Summit as well as the Global Investors Meet."

VIDEO | Bengaluru: On Polish Prime Minister's visit, Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar says, "One thing Karnataka should be very proud of is that all our young leaders and senior businessmen have made the state proud. The Prime Minister is visiting here for the second time. He is one of the longest-serving prime ministers, and now he is in the European Union. They have come here for great business opportunities. I rushed back from Delhi yesterday, and we discussed matters with their industry leaders. We have extended our invitation to them, and I think they are very happy. Polish companies are already happy to work here in Bengaluru and Karnataka. I have invited them to the Tech Summit as well as the Global Investors Meet. The number of international delegates coming to Bengaluru and Karnataka shows how we are developing the state in the context of the entire country. Yesterday, he met the Prime Minister, and today he came to meet the Chief Minister. We have discussed a lot of issues." (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

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Tusk attends the Polish-Indian Business Forum in Bengaluru, 

(State Correspondent)