Jaishankar speaks to Polish counterpart Sikorski, favors early end to hostilities

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke to Radosław Sikorski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland on recent developments pertaining to Poland’s security.

Underlining that India favors an early end to hostilities, Jaishankar also highlighted the need for a durable solution for the Ukraine conflict.

Alongside India, the foreign ministers of Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania issued a joint statement on Thursday to condemn Russia over Wednesday's intrusion of drones into Polish airspace, calling it a 'deliberate and unprecedented provocation'.


This comes after Polish authorities reported that the NATO and EU member's airspace was violated 19 times on Wednesday, with at least three drones shot down as Poland and NATO allies scrambled jets.