Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Vilnius
EmbassyLithuania · Ambassador: Mr. Devesh Uttam
8 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s embassy in Lithuania records bilateral trade of $422.4m, a reported community of 7,862, 8 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 42%. Led by Mr. Devesh Uttam, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$422.4m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Lithuania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Relations” section
“The bilateral trade between India and Lithuania stood at US$ 422.39 million for 2024-25.”
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 confidence7,862
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Lithuania"
“PIOs 34 + NRIs 7,835 = 7,862”
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 confidence8
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 March 2011)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIA FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTS — 31 March 2011”
Published: 31 March 2011 · 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
42%
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 “Lithuania”, 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
People
Indian community in Lithuaniapersons · as stated in the brief7,300
Bilateral Brief — Lithuania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“There are around 7300 Indians.”
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 brief13
Bilateral Brief — Lithuania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Agreements / Treaties” section
“The following agreements have been signed between India and Lithuania: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (July 1993) Protocol on Bilateral Consultations between the Foreign Offices (Aug. 1995) Agreement on Air Services (Feb. 2001) Agreement on Cooperation in Culture, Science and Education (Feb. 2001) Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation (Oct. 2001) Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) (March 2011) Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTAA) (July 2011) Agreement on the exemption from visa requirement for holders of diplomatic passports (Nov. 2013) has come into operation on 30 July 2014. MoU on Agriculture and Allied Sector (July 2016) Extradition Treaty (signed in October 2017 and ratified in August 2019) Protocol amending the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (Oct. 2017) Cultural Exchange Programme for the period (2019-21). Agriculture Work Plan 2020-2022 (August 2019)”
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 — Lithuania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High Level visits from Lithuania:” section
“Lithuania’s Minister of Economy and Innovation, H.E. Mr. Edvinas Griksas and Vice Foreign Minister, Mr. Tarimas Valys participated in AI Impact Summit 2026 from 19-20 February 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 (8)
MEA Treaties Database- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIACultural Relations and Sport17 August 2019
- TREATY ON EXTRADITION BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIACivil and Criminal Matters09 October 2017
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN THE FILED OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIAAid and Cooperation19 July 2016
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIA FOR THE YEARS 2016-2018Cultural Relations and Sport11 March 2016
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIA FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade31 March 2011
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport20 February 2001
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIAAid and Cooperation20 February 2001
- PROTOCOL FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND LITHUANIAAid and Cooperation31 August 1995
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 34 sections, 16,408 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Lithuania: Bilateral Brief · Bilateral Visits · Parliamentary exchanges · Bilateral Agreements / Treaties · India-Lithuania Forum · Economic Relations.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 8% apart
- Overseas Indians7,862
- Indian community in Lithuania7,300
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.