Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
EmbassyKyrgyzstan · Ambassador: Mr. Birender Singh Yadav
11 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Kyrgyzstan records bilateral trade of $86.3m, a reported community of 270, 19 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 74%. Led by Mr. Birender Singh Yadav, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$86.3m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“India-Kyrgyz Republic bilateral trade during the year 2025 was nearly US $ 86.33 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 confidence270
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Kyrgyzstan"
“PIOs 70 + NRIs 200 = 270”
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 confidence19
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 December 2016)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ ON COOPERATION — 20 December 2016”
Published: 20 December 2016 · 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 “Kyrgyzstan”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 80 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 KyrgyzstanUS dollars · as stated in the brief$76.4m
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“India's exports to the Kyrgyz Republic were US$ 76.38 million, while India’s imports were US $ 9.94 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 KyrgyzstanUS dollars · as stated in the brief$9.9m
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“India's exports to the Kyrgyz Republic were US$ 76.38 million, while India’s imports were US $ 9.94 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$66.4m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Kyrgyzstanpersons · as stated in the brief250
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Consular Affairs” section
“There are about 250 NRI’s and PIO’s apart from 16,000 students (estimated) in the Kyrgyz Republic.”
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
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief15
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to the Kyrgyz Republic in June 2019” section
“Fifteen bilateral agreements/ documents including a Bilateral Investment Treaty, Protocol amending Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Fiscal Evasion, MoU on cooperation in Health, Information and Communication Technology, and Defence Cooperation were signed.”
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.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Kyrgyzstan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Other Ministerial Level visits/ meetings” section
“Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai visited Kyrgyz Republic from 4-6 June 2026 to attend Meeting of Ministers of Internal Affairs and Public Security of the SCO Member States.”
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 (19)
MEA Treaties Database- PROGRAM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC FOR THE PERIOD OF 2025-2027Diplomatic Relations05 June 2025
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, INFORMATION, SPORTS AND YOUTH POLICY OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC FOR THE YEARS 2022-2026Cultural Relations and Sport11 June 2022
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC REGARDING INDIAN GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH IMPACT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTSAid and Cooperation11 October 2021
- MOU IN THE FIELD OF LEGAL METROLOGY BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLICAid and Cooperation14 June 2019
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONAL GUARDS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS OF INDIA ON COOPERATION BETWEEN NATIONAL GUARDS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS OF INDIACivil and Criminal Matters14 June 2019
- JOINT DECLARATION BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ON ESTABLISHING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPAid and Cooperation14 June 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTHHealth14 June 2019
- PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME SIGNED AT NEW DELHI ON 13TH APRIL, 1999Business and Trade14 June 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESAid and Cooperation14 June 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ ON COOPERATIONDiplomatic Relations20 December 2016
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE,ARTS,YOUTH,SPORTS AND MASS MEDIACultural Relations and Sport12 July 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF STANDARDIZATION AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENTAid and Cooperation12 July 2015
- MEMORANDUM ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ELECTIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZAid and Cooperation12 July 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TEXTILESAid and Cooperation17 March 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC ON ESTABLISHING OF A VISA FREE REGIME FOR DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL/ SERVICE PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations19 July 2013
- AGREEMENT ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ REPUBLICCivil and Criminal Matters13 April 1999
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZ FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade16 May 1997
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF KYRGHYZSTANTransport08 September 1993
- PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND KYRGYZSTANAid and Cooperation04 August 1993
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 50 sections, 25,437 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA-KYRGYZ REPUBLIC BILATERAL RELATIONS · General · Political Relations · From India: · From Kyrgyz Republic: · 1st India-Central Asia Summit.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 8% apart
- Overseas Indians270
- Indian community in Kyrgyzstan250
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.