Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Lisbon
EmbassyPortugal · Ambassador: Shri Puneet Roy Kundal
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In short
India’s embassy in Portugal records a reported community of 1,76,616, 21 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 41%. Led by Shri Puneet Roy Kundal, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence1,76,616
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Portugal"
“PIOs 78,000 + NRIs 98,616 = 176,616”
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 confidence21
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 30 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 March 2000)
“AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL — 31 March 2000”
Published: 31 March 2000 · 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
41%
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 “Portugal”, 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
Trade
Exports to Portugaleuros · as stated in the brief€938.3m
Bilateral Brief — Portugal
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Investment” section
“In the same timeframe, Indian imports were worth €119.54 million (up 19.34% year-on-year) whereas Indian exports were worth €938.30 million (up 58.16% year-on-year).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Imports from Portugaleuros · as stated in the brief€119.5m
Bilateral Brief — Portugal
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Investment” section
“In the same timeframe, Indian imports were worth €119.54 million (up 19.34% year-on-year) whereas Indian exports were worth €938.30 million (up 58.16% year-on-year).”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Trade balance in India’s favoureuros · as stated in the brief · our calculation€818.8m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in EUR)
exports − imports
Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief32
Bilateral Brief — Portugal
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High Level Exchanges” section
“32 MOUs/ outcomes were signed.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2022
Bilateral Brief — Portugal
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High Level Exchanges” section
“From 27 June to 1 July, an official delegation led by the Minister of State (IC) for Science and Technology and Minister of State (IC) for Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh visited Portugal to participate in the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Agreements on record (21)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON THE RECRUITMENT OF INDIA CITIZENS TO WORK IN THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLICOther13 September 2021
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL FOR COOPERATION IN DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX AT LOTHAL,GUJARAT, INDIAMaritime Law14 February 2020
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC ON AUDIO-VISUAL CO-PRODUCTIONAid and Cooperation14 February 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL CONCERNING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSAid and Cooperation14 February 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON DIPLOMATIC TRAINING AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATIONDiplomatic Relations14 February 2020
- COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN I THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME TRANSPORT AND PORTSMaritime Law14 February 2020
- JOIN DECLARATION ON MIGRATION AND MOBILITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGALAid and Cooperation14 February 2020
- PROTOCOL AMENDING THE CONVENTION BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade24 June 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON COOPERATION IN THE EXPLORATION AND USES OF OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation24 June 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE REFORMSAid and Cooperation24 June 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON THE EXEMPTION OF VISAS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations06 January 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON PAID EMPLOYMENT BY DEPENDENTS OF DIPLOMATIC,ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STAFF OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONSImmunities and Privileges08 July 2016
- MOU REGARDING THE NALANDA UNIVERSITY BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGALEducation09 October 2015
- AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGALSocial Security04 March 2013
- AGREEMENT ON EXTRADITION BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGUESE REPUBLICCivil and Criminal Matters11 January 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON MUTUAL PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade28 June 2000
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGALAid and Cooperation31 March 2000
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PORTUGALTransport06 February 1997
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGALCultural Relations and Sport07 April 1980
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON TRADE,ECONOMIC,INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation07 April 1977
- TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND PORTUGAL ON RECOGNITION OF INDIAS SOVEREIGNTY OVER GOA,DAMAN,DIU,DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND RELATED MATTERSFriendships31 December 1974
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 43 sections, 19,947 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Ministry of External Affairs · Portugal - Bilateral Brief · Historical Connections · Political Relations · High Level Exchanges · Trade and Investment.
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