Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Niamey
EmbassyNiger · Ambassador: Shri Sita Ram Meena
4 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s embassy in Niger records a reported community of 250, 4 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 73%. Led by Shri Sita Ram Meena, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence250
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Niger"
“PIOs 10 + NRIs 240 = 250”
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 confidence4
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: 21 January 2020)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSION — 21 January 2020”
Published: 21 January 2020 · 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
73%
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 “Niger”, 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
Agreements on record (4)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGER ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSIONAid and Cooperation21 January 2020
- PROTOCOL FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERAid and Cooperation21 January 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGER ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE WITH GOIS GRANT ASSISTANCEAid and Cooperation19 September 2018
- JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND NIGERAid and Cooperation05 April 2006
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 54 sections, 13,955 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Brief on India-Niger Relations · Political Relations · Visits from Niger · December 2024; · Visits from India · Economic and Commercial Relations.
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