Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India
EmbassyEthiopia · Ambassador: Shri Anil Kumar Rai
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In short
India’s embassy in Ethiopia records a reported community of 2,500, 13 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 74%. Led by Shri Anil Kumar Rai, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence2,500
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Ethiopia"
“PIOs 7 + NRIs 2,493 = 2,500”
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 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: 25 November 1976)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION OF INCOME OF ENTERPRISES OPERATING AIRCRAFT — 25 November 1976”
Published: 25 November 1976 · 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
74%
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 “Ethiopia”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 83 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
Agreements on record (13)
MEA Treaties Database- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA ON COOPERATIONDiplomatic Relations09 May 2018
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIABusiness and Trade05 October 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND MEDIAAid and Cooperation05 October 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade25 March 2011
- PROTOCOL FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIAAid and Cooperation05 July 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade05 July 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology05 July 2007
- EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONEducation05 July 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT MINISTERIAL COMMISSIONAid and Cooperation05 July 2007
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIACultural Relations and Sport09 February 1983
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION OF INCOME OF ENTERPRISES OPERATING AIRCRAFTBusiness and Trade25 November 1976
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ETHIOPIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport03 August 1967
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE IMPERIAL ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENTBusiness and Trade18 April 1958
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 14 sections, 15,312 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA-ETHIOPIA BILATERAL RELATIONS · Historical linkages: · Institutional Framework: · Bilateral visits · Visits from Ethiopia · 2026.
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