Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Santo Domingo, Concurrently Accredited to the Republic of Haiti
EmbassyDominican Republic · Ambassador: Ramu Abbagani
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In short
India’s embassy in Dominican Republic records bilateral trade of $2.06bn, a reported community of 57, 13 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 68%. Led by Ramu Abbagani, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$2.06bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Dominican Republic
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economic Cooperation” section
“Two way trade was US$ 2055.54 million in the financial year 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 confidence57
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Dominican Republic"
“PIOs 57 + NRIs 0 = 57”
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.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence13
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 May 2001)
“MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — 31 May 2001”
Published: 31 May 2001 · 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 “Dominican Republic”, 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 Dominican RepublicUS dollars · as stated in the brief$411.1m
Bilateral Brief — Dominican Republic
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economic Cooperation” section
“202526 411.12 7.71 1644.42 125.26 2055.54 84.90”
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 Dominican RepublicUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.64bn
Bilateral Brief — Dominican Republic
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economic Cooperation” section
“202526 411.12 7.71 1644.42 125.26 2055.54 84.90”
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−$1.23bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Dominican Republicpersons · as stated in the brief100
Bilateral Brief — Dominican Republic
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“At present, there are about 100 Indian nationals and people of Indian origin living in the country.”
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 brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Dominican Republic
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Visits from Dominican Republic” section
“In a first visit from the DR Defence Ministry, Vice Minister of Military Affairs, Major General Miguel Ángel Rubio Báez visited India from 9 to 13 February 2025 to participate in Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru.”
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 (13)
MEA Treaties Database- PROTOCOL ON JOINT ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIAOther12 March 2024
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CENTRAL DRUGS STANDARD CONTROL ORGANISATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE, REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MEDICINES, FOODS AND SANITARY PRODUCTS, ORGANISATIONS OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL ASSISTANT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF THE MEDICAL PRODUCTS REGULATIONHealth04 October 2023
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FOR THE EXEMPTION ON VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations26 August 2019
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR TRAINING OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIADiplomatic Relations03 October 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLICDiplomatic Relations03 October 2017
- ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON GAINFUL OCCUPATION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF A DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POSTDiplomatic Relations17 February 2016
- MOU ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BETWEEN INDIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLICEnvironment and Resources17 February 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CULTURECultural Relations and Sport23 August 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR SETTING UP OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE(CETI) IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLICAid and Cooperation23 January 2010
- BILATERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLICAid and Cooperation17 February 2006
- JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLICAid and Cooperation17 February 2006
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DOMINICAN REPUBLICDiplomatic Relations31 May 2001
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSDiplomatic Relations04 May 1999
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 69 sections, 18,925 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Dominican Republic Bilateral Brief · Political Relations and Institutional Framework · Bilateral Visits from India · Bilateral Visits from Dominican Republic · Others / Virtual · International Solar Alliance (ISA).
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 75% apart
- Overseas Indians57
- Indian community in Dominican Republic100
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.