let's speak to our correspondent adam easton, who's in warsaw. or trip to moscow, russia, and —— russia and india are a long time historic allies with business links ongoing but india is now in an increasingly powerful global position and now coming into poland and ukraine. it is very interesting on the diplomatic front, isn't it? it is indeed. viewers probably remember that for decades india has pursued a policy of nonalignment in foreign affairs. and as you mentioned, india has refrained from directly criticising russia for its unprovoked invasion and war against ukraine. so many analysts are seeing this visit to poland today and ukraine on friday as a way to rebalance relations, to show the world that it will maintain its strong relationship with moscow, which includes strong business ties. india buys a lot, gets about a0% of its crude oil from russia and a lot of it armaments come from russia. but at the same time this visit is also signalling to the west that india is prepared to have strong relations with the west and therefore trying to reb

this was said by adam easton, a bbc viewer in warsaw, commenting on narendra modi's visit to poland. for decades , india followed a policy of non-alignment foreign policy, it also refrains from directly criticizing russia for its unprovoked invasion and war against ukraine. but many experts consider. modi's visit to poland and ukraine as a way to restore balance in relations, to show the world that modi is committed to maintaining strong relations with moscow, primarily through strong business ties, and on the other hand, these visits are a signal that india ready to cooperate also with the west, so they try to balance, to maintain this policy of non-alignment that they follow for decades. polish prime minister donald tusk spoke about india's role in possible peacekeeping. process and that he and modi are united in their vision of how important it is to respect the territorial integrity of countries. and tusk also said that modzi personally assured him that he would take part in, as he said, a quick and fair end to the war in ukraine. but of course poland would like india to play a r

our correspondent adam easton is in warsaw following the talks.t for decades india has pursued a policy of nonalignment in foreign affairs. and as you mentioned, india has refrained from directly criticising russia for its unprovoked invasion and waragainst ukraine. so many analysts are seeing this visit to poland today and ukraine on friday as a way to rebalance relations, to show the world that it will maintain its strong relationship with moscow, which includes strong business ties. india buys a lot, gets about 40% of its crude oil from russia and a lot of it armaments come from russia. but at the same time this visit is also signalling to the west that india is prepared to have strong relations with the west and therefore trying to rebalance, maintain this nonalignment policy that it has pursued for decades now. now certainly the polish prime minister donald tusk was talking about the role india might play in any kind of peacekeeping talks might take place. it was interesting that one of the first things he mentioned that both he and narendra

indian leader is due in ukraine on friday at the invitation of president zelensky. 0ur correspondent adam easton that for decades india has pursued a policy of nonalignment in foreign affairs. and as you mentioned, india has refrained from directly criticising russia for its unprovoked invasion and waragainst ukraine. so many analysts are seeing this visit to poland today and ukraine on friday as a way to rebalance relations, to show the world that it will maintain its strong relationship with moscow, which includes strong business ties. india buys a lot, gets about 40% of its crude oil from russia and a lot of it armaments come from russia. but at the same time this visit is also signalling to the west that india is prepared to have strong relations with the west and therefore trying to rebalance, maintain this nonalignment policy that it has pursued for decades now. now certainly the polish prime minister donald tusk was talking about the role india might play in any kind of peacekeeping talks might take place. it was interesting that one of the first things he mentioned that both he and naren