Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Kigali Rwanda
High CommissionRwanda · High Commissioner: Shri Mridu Pawan Das
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In short
India’s high commission in Rwanda records bilateral trade of $112.4m, a reported community of 3,056, 15 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 72%. Led by Shri Mridu Pawan Das, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$112.4m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 24 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Rwanda
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations and Bilateral Trade” section
“In FY 2024-25, the total bilateral trade was 112.44 million, with Rwanda importing goods from India totaling USD 98.74 million and exporting goods worth USD 13.69 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 confidence3,056
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Rwanda"
“PIOs 10 + NRIs 3,050 = 3,056”
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 confidence15
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 25 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 May 2007)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS — 31 May 2007”
Published: 31 May 2007 · 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
72%
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 “Rwanda”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 67 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 RwandaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$98.7m
Bilateral Brief — Rwanda
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations and Bilateral Trade” section
“In FY 2024-25, the total bilateral trade was 112.44 million, with Rwanda importing goods from India totaling USD 98.74 million and exporting goods worth USD 13.69 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 RwandaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$13.7m
Bilateral Brief — Rwanda
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations and Bilateral Trade” section
“In FY 2024-25, the total bilateral trade was 112.44 million, with Rwanda importing goods from India totaling USD 98.74 million and exporting goods worth USD 13.69 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$85.0m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Rwandapersons · as stated in the brief3,000
Bilateral Brief — Rwanda
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian community” section
“There are more than 3000 Indian nationals and PIOs in Rwanda, drawn from around 15 States of India.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Rwanda
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High level visits from Rwanda” section
“Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, Hon’ble Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda visited New Delhi from 02-06 March 2026.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Agreements on record (15)
MEA Treaties Database- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA FOR THE YEARS 2026-2030Cultural Relations and Sport03 March 2026
- AMENDMENT TO THE MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCESAid and Cooperation23 July 2018
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA FOR THE YEARS 2018-2022Cultural Relations and Sport23 July 2018
- TRADE COOPERATION FRAMEWORK BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDAAid and Cooperation23 July 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA FOR SETTING UP AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN RWANDAAid and Cooperation20 February 2017
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDATransport20 February 2017
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations20 February 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA FOR SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION OF 35 SCHOOLS IN RWANDAAid and Cooperation15 February 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSIONAid and Cooperation15 February 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATIONEnvironment and Resources15 February 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINEHealth12 November 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation31 May 2007
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDABusiness and Trade30 August 2006
- EXCHANGE PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AREA BETWEEN BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDAEducation25 July 2006
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND RWANDACultural Relations and Sport04 July 1975
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 15 sections, 20,802 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India - Rwanda Bilateral Brief · Political Relations · High Level Visits from India · Setting · Entrepreneurship · Development.
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