India, Poland to ink two pacts on tourism, medicine

Priyanka Tikoo

Warsaw, Apr 24 (PTI) India and Poland are expected to
sign two key agreements in the fields of tourism and medicine
and health apart from exploring ways to enhance their trade
ties during President of India, Pratibha Patil's ongoing visit
here.

The President, who arrived here Thursday from Spain on a
three-day state visit on the final leg of her two-nation
European tour, is scheduled to hold talks with her Polish
counterpart Lech Kaczynski.

She will also meet Speaker of Sejm, the lower house of
the Parliament of Poland, and attend a State Banquet hosted by
Kaczynski.

Patil will be accorded a ceremonial reception at the
Presidential palace.

India and Poland are expected to sign two agreements in
the fields of tourism and medicine and health as part of
Patil's visit to enhance bilateral ties.

Addressing the Indian community at a reception hosted by
Indian Ambassador C M Bhandari, Patil expressed happiness over
the growing interaction at the people-to-people level between
the two countries.

"The strong interest in Indology amongst the Polish
people is most gratifying and we should help sustain it," she
said.

"Several universities in Poland are offering Indology
courses at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Sanskrit
studies started in Jagiellonian university in 1893," Patil
noted.

She also stressed the need to tap the potential in the
economic front to boost bilateral trade ties.

"The presence of Indian companies and investments by
them in Poland in expanding, Polish companies are also having
an increasing presence in India.

"But the potential for us to do more with Poland remains
and there are many opportunities which both sides can
exploit," the President said at the reception which was also
attended by many Non-Resident Indian (NRI) businessmen. PTI
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