New Delhi: India and Poland on February 17 signed an extradition treaty, agreed to co-operate in jointly combating international terrorism and organised crime and inked an important five-year Defence accord.

Political offences of certain categories including murder or harm to head of state or government, hostage-taking and other crimes will attract the provisions of the extradition treaty which was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his visiting Polish counterpart Leszek Miller.

PTI