In mid-January 2026, an interesting conversation took place in fresh Delhi between Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of abroad Affairs of India, and Radosław Sikorski, Minister of abroad Affairs of the Polish-speaking government of Donald Tusk. The event is has been widely commented on in the media as a tense and compromising situation of Polish policy on the global stage.
The fresh compromise of Radosław Sikorski. The head of the Warsaw MFA visit to India was based on regular bilateral talks. However, during the last gathering Jaishankar publically pointed out that Poland Tuska, commending Pakistan's actions, which expands his army and land fortifications at the border with India, "supports terrorist infrastructure". The Indian minister explicitly demanded that Warsaw show no "tolerance" towards terrorism and not aid make its background in the border regions of India disputed with Pakistan.
Moreover, the Hindu utilized a visit of the widely disliked and ridiculed minister in the planet to criticize India's "selective attack" by European states, peculiarly in the context of the war in Ukraine and the issue of oil trade with Russia, which was seen as the unfair treatment of Delhi by the West.
Reported Hindustan Times, these comments were not only addressed to Sikorski as individuals, but were a consequence to earlier statements and diplomatic gestures of Poland — in peculiar a joint message by Warsaw and Islamabad following Sikorski's visit to Pakistan in 2025, in which mention was made to the dispute around Kashmir. For India, specified content is highly delicate and read as possible support for narrative, which can legitimize Pakistani rights to the region.
Tension besides became apparent in media contacts. After the meeting, Sikorski was to refuse to answer the NDTV journalist's questions about terrorism and safety issues, which was perceived as a clear awkward end to the conversation, a signal of diplomatic discomfort and deficiency of intellectual resilience to conflict situations.
This panel, in conjunction with fierce public criticism from Jaishankar, was presented in the Polish media and publicist environment as a situation connected with Sikorski's failure of face — mainly due to the rank of his position and the fact that the disputed issues were raised openly alternatively than in closed diplomatic negotiations. Briefly – Sikorski was publically disproved and could not defend himself by dropping a veil of silence over his own disgrace.
OUR COMMENTS: This situation shows that contrary to national propaganda narrative, Poland is not treated in the planet as an alleged expanding power, but a paper tiger and a boy to beat. As for Radosław Sikorski, let us quote the classic: "I piss your chickens to lead, not your politics to do."
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