Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Havana
EmbassyCuba · Ambassador: Shri T. Armstrong Changsan
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In short
India’s embassy in Cuba records bilateral trade of $24.3m, a reported community of 0, 21 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 68%. Led by Shri T. Armstrong Changsan, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$24.3m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Cuba
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “B. Commercial and Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade stood at US$ 24.31 million in 2025-26, with Indian exports at US$ 18.79 million and imports at US$ 5.52 million.”
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 confidence0
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Cuba"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 0 = 0”
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 confidence21
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: 30 October 2013)
“MOU FOR COOPERATION ON BROADCASTING BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA — 30 October 2013”
Published: 30 October 2013 · 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
68%
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 “Cuba”, 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
Trade
Exports to CubaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$18.8m
Bilateral Brief — Cuba
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “B. Commercial and Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade stood at US$ 24.31 million in 2025-26, with Indian exports at US$ 18.79 million and imports at US$ 5.52 million.”
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 CubaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$5.5m
Bilateral Brief — Cuba
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “B. Commercial and Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade stood at US$ 24.31 million in 2025-26, with Indian exports at US$ 18.79 million and imports at US$ 5.52 million.”
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$13.3m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Cuba
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “A. Political relations” section
“From Cuba, notable visits include those by President Fidel Castro (1973 and 1983), then First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel (2015), Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez (2013 & 2026), and other senior ministers.”
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 (21)
MEA Treaties Database- RENEWAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA, MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF HAVANA (UCMH), HAVANA, CUBA, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN AYURVEDAHealth18 December 2025
- TREATY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters10 November 2025
- PROTOCOL OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA FOR THE YEARS 2025-2030Cultural Relations and Sport10 November 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON PHARMACOPOEIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE INDIAN PHARMACOPOEIA COMMISSION [IPC], MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE, GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE CENTER FOR STATE CONTROL OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES (CECMED), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBAHealth16 June 2025
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PRODUCTS REGULATION BETWEEN CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANIZATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE CENTER FOR THE STATE CONTROL DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES (CECMED), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBAHealth14 October 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SHARING SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED AT POPULATION SCALE FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONAid and Cooperation19 January 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA, MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF HAVANA (UCMH), HAVANA, CUBA, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ACADEMIC COLLABORATION IN AYURVEDAHealth09 December 2022
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA ON COOPERATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SPHEREScience and Technology22 June 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE and HOMEOPATHYHealth22 June 2018
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA ON COOPERATION IN FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth06 December 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA ON THE EXEMPTION OF THE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations23 March 2015
- MOU FOR COOPERATION ON BROADCASTING BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBAAid and Cooperation30 October 2013
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA FOR 2013-2016Cultural Relations and Sport27 May 2013
- AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBACultural Relations and Sport14 February 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUBA AND INDIAInternational Law13 March 2002
- AGREED MINUTES OF THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE JOINT COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBAAid and Cooperation06 April 1999
- AGREED MINUTES OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBAMiscellaneous22 November 1996
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA ON PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGYEnvironment and Resources18 May 1985
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBABusiness and Trade09 July 1979
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology19 November 1978
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CUBACultural Relations and Sport21 July 1976
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 7 sections, 10,155 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA-CUBA RELATIONS · A. Political relations: · B. Commercial and Economic Relations · C. Development Assistance & Cooperation: · D. Energy Cooperation: · G. Cultural Relations:.
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