New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- India and Poland on Thursday agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, space and nuclear energy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk focused on leveraging the economic growth of both countries to achieve the shared target of doubling trade from the current level of around $6 billion by 2030.

Bilateral ties got a major boost with Modi's visit to Warsaw in 2024, the first by an Indian PM in 45 years, and defence and security have emerged as a key area for cooperation as Poland is currently engaged in the largest military modernisation campaign in Europe**, spending** almost 5% of its GDP on its armed forces against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

Modi described his discussions wit...