Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Bandar Seri Begawan
High CommissionBrunei Darussalam · High Commissioner: Shri Ramu Abbagani
7 figures · 2 sources · built 3 hours ago
In short
India’s high commission in Brunei Darussalam records bilateral trade of $365.0m, a reported community of 14,751, 11 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 69%. Led by Shri Ramu Abbagani, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$365.0m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Brunei Darussalam
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “India-Brunei Darussalam Bilateral Brief” section
“Bilateral trade between the countries was at USD 365 million in 2025-26.”
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 confidence14,751
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Brunei Darussalam"
“PIOs 251 + NRIs 14,500 = 14,751”
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 confidence11
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: 28 February 2019)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN COLLECTION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES — 28 February 2019”
Published: 28 February 2019 · 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
69%
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 “Brunei”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 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
People
Indian community in Brunei Darussalampersons · as stated in the brief14,000
Bilateral Brief — Brunei Darussalam
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“Currently, there are approximately 14000 Indian nationals living and working in Brunei, of which a majority are from the States of Tamil Nadu (over 40%), Uttar Pradesh (over 15%) and Kerala (over 10%).”
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 brief2024
Bilateral Brief — Brunei Darussalam
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “From India” section
“Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Brunei Darussalam from 3 to 4 September 2024 to mark 40 years of establishment of Diplomatic relations.”
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 (11)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE IN COLLECTION WITH RESPECT TO TAXESBusiness and Trade28 February 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ON COOPERATION IN THE OPERATION OF TELEMETRY TRACKING AND TELECOMMAND STATION FOR SATELLITE AND LAUNCH VEHICLES AND FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SPACE RESEARCH,SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONSAid and Cooperation19 July 2018
- ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ON MUTUAL EXEMPTION OF VISAS FOR DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations04 April 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ON HEALTH COOPERATIONHealth02 February 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ON COOPERATION IN YOUTH AND SPORTS AFFAIRCultural Relations and Sport02 February 2016
- MOU ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NALANDA UNIVERSITY BETWEEN INDIA AND BRUNEI DARUSALLAMEducation10 October 2013
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ON THE RECIPROCAL PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTBusiness and Trade22 May 2008
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE, ARTS AND SPORTSCultural Relations and Sport22 May 2008
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN THE OPERATION OF TELEMETERY TRACKING & TELECOMMAND STATION FOR SATELLITE AND LAUNCH VEHICLES AND FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SPACE RESEARCH, SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONSAid and Cooperation22 May 2008
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YAN DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AND THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FOR COOPERATION IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYAid and Cooperation22 May 2008
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAMTransport06 November 1995
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 11 sections, 11,997 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Brunei Darussalam Bilateral Brief · Political Relations · From Brunei: · From India: · Major Mechanisms · MOUs/Agreements.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 5% apart
- Overseas Indians14,751
- Indian community in Brunei Darussalam14,000
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.