{"id":192980,"date":"2026-01-21T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=192980"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:25:45","slug":"polish-fm-rebuffs-india-stresses-borders-cannot-be-changed-by-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/21\/polish-fm-rebuffs-india-stresses-borders-cannot-be-changed-by-tanks.html","title":{"rendered":"Polish FM rebuffs India, stresses borders cannot be changed by tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192983\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/14-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/14-2.jpg 488w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/14-2-375x220.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: Poland\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has effectively snubbed India by firmly asserting that international borders cannot be determined by \u201ctanks or terrorists,\u201d underscoring the primacy of international law and diplomacy during his visit to New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Sikorski made the remarks while meeting Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. He said the international community must uniformly reject any attempt to alter borders through violence, whether by military force or non-state actors, a statement seen by observers as a veiled rejection of selective interpretations of international law.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish foreign minister stressed that violations of sovereignty cannot be condoned under any pretext and must be confronted through collective global action, a stance that contrasted with India\u2019s cautious position on the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Sikorski also raised Poland\u2019s concerns over India\u2019s engagement with Russia, including its participation in Moscow-led military exercises, which he described as \u201cthreatening\u201d from a European security perspective.<\/p>\n<p>In view of India\u2019s May 2025 aggression on Pakistan, analysts view Sikorski\u2019s forthright articulation of Poland\u2019s position as diplomatically silencing New Delhi, as it left little room for ambiguity on the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and adherence to international norms. The exchange highlighted underlying differences between India and European states on global conflicts and the application of international law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Poland\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has effectively snubbed India by firmly asserting that international borders cannot be determined by \u201ctanks or terrorists,\u201d underscoring the primacy of international law and diplomacy during his visit to New Delhi. According to Kashmir Media Service, Sikorski made the remarks while meeting Indian External &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/14-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192984,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192980\/revisions\/192984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}