Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Lebanon
EmbassyLebanon · Ambassador: Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh
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In short
India’s embassy in Lebanon records a reported community of 2,040, 5 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 74%. Led by Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence2,040
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Lebanon"
“PIOs 40 + NRIs 2,000 = 2,040”
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 confidence5
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: 22 February 1968)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LEBANON FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION OF INCOME OF ENTERPRISES OPERATING AIRCRAFTS — 22 February 1968”
Published: 22 February 1968 · 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 “Lebanon”, 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 LebanonUS dollars · as stated in the brief$337.0m
Bilateral Brief — Lebanon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade” section
“Lebanon's imports from India stood at US$ 337 million in 2025, as compared to US$ 323 million in 2024.”
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 LebanonUS dollars · latest FY$337.0m
Bilateral Brief — Lebanon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: Bilateral Trade section — sentence stating imports from the country
“imports from India stood at US$ 337 million in 2025, as compared to US$ 323 million in 2024.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA attributes these figures to the Department of Commerce, Government of India. Read from the briefing’s prose; where it states no figure, none is shown.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$0
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Lebanonpersons · as stated in the brief1,500
Bilateral Brief — Lebanon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“There are around 1500 Indian community members in Lebanon including about 350 Indian nationals working in the new US Chancery Building Project.”
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 brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Lebanon
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visits” section
“Amb Ibrahim Assaf, Head of Political & Consular Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon participated in the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ (IAFMM) Meeting and Senior Officials Meeting on 30-31 January 2026 in New Delhi.”
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 (5)
MEA Treaties Database- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LEBANONCultural Relations and Sport07 April 1997
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LEBANON FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION OF INCOME OF ENTERPRISES OPERATING AIRCRAFTSBusiness and Trade22 February 1968
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LEBANON CONCERNING AIR SERVICESTransport19 September 1964
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport19 September 1964
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LEBANON RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport13 March 1958
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 29 sections, 17,257 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Lebanon Bilateral Relations · Indian Community: · Visits · From India to Lebanon: · From Lebanon to India: · MOUs/Agreements.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 36% apart
- Overseas Indians2,040
- Indian community in Lebanon1,500
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.