Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Bucharest
EmbassyRomania · Ambassador: Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohapatra
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In short
India’s embassy in Romania records bilateral trade of $1.23bn, a reported community of 13,461, 28 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 44%. Led by Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$1.23bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 26 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Romania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade between India and Romania” section
“2025-26 974.77 250.70 1225.47 724.07 (Department of Commerce, Govt. of India statistics in US$ million)”
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 confidence13,461
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Romania"
“PIOs 362 + NRIs 13,099 = 13,461”
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 confidence28
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 27 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 January 2004)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS — 31 January 2004”
Published: 31 January 2004 · 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
44%
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 “Romania”, 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 RomaniaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$974.8m
Bilateral Brief — Romania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade between India and Romania” section
“2025-26 974.77 250.70 1225.47 724.07 (Department of Commerce, Govt. of India statistics in US$ million)”
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 RomaniaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$250.7m
Bilateral Brief — Romania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Trade between India and Romania” section
“2025-26 974.77 250.70 1225.47 724.07 (Department of Commerce, Govt. of India statistics in US$ million)”
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.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$724.1m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Romaniapersons · as stated in the brief13,500
Bilateral Brief — Romania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The Indian community in Romania, including NRIs and PIOs, numbers around 13500, including approx. 10000 workers.”
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 — Romania
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Visits” section
“3–7 November 2025: Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Mr. Jitin Prasada, visited Romania for the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Agreements on record (28)
MEA Treaties Database- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA FOR THE PERIOD 2022-2027Cultural Relations and Sport01 July 2022
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TOURISMAid and Cooperation19 September 2018
- JOINT STATEMENT ON ESTABLISHING AN EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIAAid and Cooperation08 March 2013
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIAAid and Cooperation23 October 2006
- MOU ON MUTUAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIAAid and Cooperation23 October 2006
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA FOR SMAAL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES AND COOPERATIVESBusiness and Trade23 October 2006
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations31 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON COOPERATION IN PLANT PROTECTION AND PHYTOSANITARY FIELDAid and Cooperation31 January 2004
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA FOR THE PROMOTION AND RECIPROCAL PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade17 November 1997
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA REGARDING THE READMISSION OF PERSONS HAVING AN ILLEGAL STATUSAid and Cooperation02 November 1995
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA REGARDING COOPERATION IN COMBATING ORGANISED CRIME, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, ILLICIT TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTICS DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIESCivil and Criminal Matters02 June 1994
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIATransport04 December 1993
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA RELATING TO TRADE AND PAYMENTSBusiness and Trade02 December 1980
- AGREEMENT RELATING TO TRADE AND PAYMENTS BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade10 December 1975
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON THE UTILISATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESEnvironment and Resources30 August 1971
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON TRADE AND PAYMENTSBusiness and Trade24 March 1971
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA FOR AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION OF INCOME ON ENTERPRISES OPERATING AIRCRAFTS AND SHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICBusiness and Trade25 September 1968
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation04 April 1968
- LONG TERM TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade04 April 1968
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OIL REFINERY AT HALDIAScience and Technology13 October 1967
- AGREEMENT CONCERNING TRADE AND PAYMENTS BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade30 November 1962
- PROTOCOL BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIA EXTENDING THE TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENTBusiness and Trade13 February 1962
- PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND PAYMENTS BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade13 February 1962
- AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND PAYMENTS BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade14 May 1959
- TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade14 May 1959
- TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RUMANIABusiness and Trade14 May 1959
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RUMANIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE AND SCIENCECultural Relations and Sport30 April 1957
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND ROMANIABusiness and Trade23 March 1954
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 58 sections, 19,094 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Romania Bilateral Relations · Political Relations · Bilateral Visits · Romania. · Infrastructure, Mr. Sorin Grindeanu. · Parliamentary Visits/Interactions.
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