New Delhi: Giving a new impetus to bilateral ties, India and Poland will sign an extradition treaty during Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller's state visit on February 17.

Besides signing the treaty, Miller, who is on a four-day visit, will also hold wide- ranging discussion with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the entire range of bilateral relations and on important regional and international issues of mutual interest.

The visit is mainly aimed at giving a new dimension to bilateral ties with special focus on enhancing trade and economic co-operation.

Bilateral agreements in the fields of combating organised crime and international terrorism, Defence co-operation and a cultural exchange programme are also expected to be inked.

New Delhi is attaching considerable importance to the visit, the first by a Polish Premier to India after Poland's transition to a multi-party Democracy in the early 1990s.

The visit is also taking place at a time when Poland is on the threshold of joining the European Union and when diplomatic relations between the two countries are set to enter their golden jubilee year.

The Iraq crisis, the Middle East situation and developments in Afghanistan are expected to figure during the parleys.

The Polish leader will call on President A P J Abdul Kalam and Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and have meetings with a number of senior ministers.

PTI