Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Panama
EmbassyPanama · Ambassador: Dr. Sumit Seth
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In short
India’s embassy in Panama records bilateral trade of $453.3m, a reported community of 15,173, 9 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 67%. Led by Dr. Sumit Seth, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$453.3m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Panama
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic” section
“India-Panama trade in 2024-25 was US$ 453.31 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Overseas Indians
Medium confidence15,173
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Panama"
“PIOs 11,173 + NRIs 4,000 = 15,173”
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 confidence9
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: 29 April 2022)
“CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR THE YEAR 2021-2024 — 29 April 2022”
Published: 29 April 2022 · 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
67%
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 “Panama”, 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 Panamapersons · as stated in the brief15,000
Bilateral Brief — Panama
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“Around 15,000 PIOs and NRIs (mostly Gujaratis and Sindhis) live in Panama.”
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 brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Panama
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Recent visits” section
“In December 2025, the Vice Minister of Economy, Ms. Eida Gabriela Saiz, participated in the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes held in New Delhi.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Agreements on record (9)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SUSHMA SWARAJ INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMAMiscellaneous09 January 2023
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR THE YEAR 2021-2024Cultural Relations and Sport29 April 2022
- ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR AUTHORIZING THE DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF A DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POST TO ENGAGE IN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENTDiplomatic Relations29 April 2022
- WORK PLAN FOR THE YEARS 2018-2019 BETWEEN INDIA AND PANAMA FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAid and Cooperation09 May 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC, OFFICIAL AND CONSULAR PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations09 May 2018
- AGREEMENT ON CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND PANAMAAid and Cooperation02 February 2001
- MOU ON THE MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND PANAMAAid and Cooperation02 February 2001
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAid and Cooperation02 February 2001
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMADiplomatic Relations02 January 2001
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 12 sections, 13,865 characters of extractable text. Sections include: ****** · INDIA-PANAMA BILATERAL BRIEF · Political · Recent visits · Economic · sector.
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