Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Baku, Azerbaijan
EmbassyAzerbaijan · Ambassador: Mr. Abhay Kumar
10 figures · 2 sources · built 3 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Azerbaijan records bilateral trade of $401.0m, a reported community of 688, 9 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 76%. Led by Mr. Abhay Kumar, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$401.0m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Azerbaijan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“In 2025, the bilateral trade was US$ 401 million, with Indiaʼs exports to Azerbaijan at US$ 226 million and Indiaʼs imports from Azerbaijan at US$ 175 million (comprising mostly of crude-oil).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence688
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Azerbaijan"
“PIOs 78 + NRIs 610 = 688”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence9
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 23 June 1998)
“AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN — 23 June 1998”
Published: 23 June 1998 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
76%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Azerbaijan”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 60 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to AzerbaijanUS dollars · as stated in the brief$226.0m
Bilateral Brief — Azerbaijan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“In 2025, the bilateral trade was US$ 401 million, with Indiaʼs exports to Azerbaijan at US$ 226 million and Indiaʼs imports from Azerbaijan at US$ 175 million (comprising mostly of crude-oil).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from AzerbaijanUS dollars · as stated in the brief$175.0m
Bilateral Brief — Azerbaijan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“In 2025, the bilateral trade was US$ 401 million, with Indiaʼs exports to Azerbaijan at US$ 226 million and Indiaʼs imports from Azerbaijan at US$ 175 million (comprising mostly of crude-oil).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$51.0m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Azerbaijanpersons · as stated in the brief1,000
Bilateral Brief — Azerbaijan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The Indian community in Azerbaijan comprises of around 1000 people, including professionals employed with international companies in the oil and gas sector, businessmen engaged in commodities trading, catering & restaurant business, and around 350 students studying in Azerbaijani colleges/universities.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Azerbaijan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Political Relations” section
“On 3 April 2026, the 6th session of India-Azerbaijan Foreign Office Consultations were held in Baku, co-Chaired by Ambassador Sibi George, Secretary (West) from the Indian side.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (9)
MEA Treaties Database- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation04 April 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC,OFFICIAL AND SERVICE PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations04 April 2018
- PROTOCOL ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJANAid and Cooperation03 May 2013
- TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON LEGAL AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters04 April 2013
- TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters04 April 2013
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJANCivil and Criminal Matters04 April 2013
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJANTransport16 April 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON INTER GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON TRADE, ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATIONScience and Technology11 April 2007
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND AZERBAIJANAid and Cooperation23 June 1998
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 9 sections, 9,588 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Azerbaijan Relations · Bhagavan (God) · Highlights · Historical Relations · Political Relations · Economic and Commercial Relations.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 45% apart
- Overseas Indians688
- Indian community in Azerbaijan1,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.