Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Dili
EmbassyTimor-Leste
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In short
India’s embassy in Timor-Leste records a reported community of 67, 1 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 71%.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence67
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Timor Leste"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 67 = 67”
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 confidence1
agreement · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 26 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 24 January 2003)
“JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN TIMORLESTE AND INDIA — 24 January 2003”
Published: 24 January 2003 · 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
71%
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 “Timor-Leste”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 73 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 Timor-LesteUS dollars · latest FY$38.4m
Bilateral Brief — Timor-Leste
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: Bilateral Trade section — sentence stating Indian exports
“India's exports to Timor-Leste increased significantly from USD 38.41 million in FY 2024–25 to USD 51.97 million in FY 2025–26, while imports from Timor-Leste remained modest at USD 0.23 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA attributes these figures to the Department of Commerce, Government of India. Read from the briefing’s prose; where it states no figure, none is shown.
Imports from Timor-LesteUS dollars · latest FY$230k
Bilateral Brief — Timor-Leste
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: Bilateral Trade section — sentence stating imports from the country
“imports from Timor-Leste remained modest at USD 0.23 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA attributes these figures to the Department of Commerce, Government of India. Read from the briefing’s prose; where it states no figure, none is shown.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · latest FY · our calculation$38.2m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
Agreements on record (1)
MEA Treaties DatabaseThe briefing
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