Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Asmara
EmbassyEritrea · Ambassador of India: Shri Raj Kamal
8 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Eritrea records bilateral trade of $19.0m, a reported community of 140, 2 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 68%. Led by Shri Raj Kamal, ambassador of india.
Total bilateral trade
$19.0m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Eritrea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“Year Export from India to Eritrea in US $ mn Import from Eritrea to India US $ mn Total Growth 2023-24 10.05 0 10.05 -44% 2024-25 19.00 0 19.00 88.99%”
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 confidence140
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Eritrea"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 140 = 140”
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 confidence2
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: 20 April 2018)
“MOU ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND ERITREA — 20 April 2018”
Published: 20 April 2018 · 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 “Eritrea”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 86 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 EritreaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$19.0m
Bilateral Brief — Eritrea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“Year Export from India to Eritrea in US $ mn Import from Eritrea to India US $ mn Total Growth 2023-24 10.05 0 10.05 -44% 2024-25 19.00 0 19.00 88.99%”
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.
People
Indian community in Eritreapersons · as stated in the brief200
Bilateral Brief — Eritrea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Cultural and other activities” section
“The Indian community in Eritrea is around 200, comprising mostly of school teachers, college professors/lecturers and skilled/semi-skilled workers.”
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 — Eritrea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “” section
“The third round of FOC was held on 5 December 2025 in Asmara.”
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 (2)
MEA Treaties DatabaseThe briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 14 sections, 13,530 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Brief on India-Eritrea Bilateral Relations · Bilateral Exchanges · North & East African Countries.’ · Cooperation in Capacity Building · Maitri Scholarship Scheme.’ · Year.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 43% apart
- Overseas Indians140
- Indian community in Eritrea200
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.