Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Sao Tome & Principe
EmbassySao Tome and Principe · Ambassador: Deepak Miglani
8 figures · 2 sources · built 55 minutes ago
In short
India’s embassy in Sao Tome and Principe records bilateral trade of $1.6m, a reported community of 21, 4 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 50%. Led by Deepak Miglani, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$1.6m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 55 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Sao Tome and Principe
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“2025-2026 (Till Feb 2026) 1.6 Nil 1.6 1.6”
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 confidence21
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Sao Tome and Principe"
“PIOs 20 + NRIs 1 = 21”
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.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence4
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 56 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 14 March 2018)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINAL PLANTS — 14 March 2018”
Published: 14 March 2018 · 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
50%
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 “São Tomé & Príncipe”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 2 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 Sao Tome and PrincipeUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.6m
Bilateral Brief — Sao Tome and Principe
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial Relations” section
“2025-2026 (Till Feb 2026) 1.6 Nil 1.6 1.6”
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.
People
Indian community in Sao Tome and Principepersons · as stated in the brief45
Bilateral Brief — Sao Tome and Principe
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“Presently, there are approximately 45 Indian citizens in Sao Tome & Principe, working in the retail outlets and services sectors.”
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 — Sao Tome and Principe
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Other Ministerial visits” section
“Dr. Celso Nascimento Matos, Minister of Health of STP led a delegation of traditional medicines practitioners of STP to participate in the 2 nd WHO Traditional Medicinal Summit held in New Delhi during 17-19 December 2025.”
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.
Agreements on record (4)
MEA Treaties Database- FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND SAO-TOME PRINCIPE ON COOPERATION IN THE EXPLORATION AND USES OF OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation07 September 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINAL PLANTSHealth14 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND HOMEOPATHYHealth14 March 2018
- PROTOCOL FOR CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPEAid and Cooperation01 December 2009
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 40 sections, 12,112 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Political Relations · Other Ministerial visits · Other visits · Visits from India · Ministerial-level visits · Economic and Commercial Relations.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 114% apart
- Overseas Indians21
- Indian community in Sao Tome and Principe45
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.