Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Caracas
EmbassyVenezuela · Ambassador: Shri Abhishek Singh
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In short
India’s embassy in Venezuela records a reported community of 69, 8 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 72%. Led by Shri Abhishek Singh, ambassador.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence69
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Venezuela"
“PIOs 29 + NRIs 40 = 69”
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 confidence8
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 31 August 2005)
“AGREEMENT ON VISA EXEMPTION ON DIPLOMATIC, OFFICIAL AND SERVICE PASSPORTS BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELA — 31 August 2005”
Published: 31 August 2005 · 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 76
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Venezuela”, session 76, IndiaAgree over 77 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 VenezuelaUS dollars · latest FY$2k
Bilateral Brief — Venezuela
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: Bilateral Trade section — sentence stating Indian exports
“India’s exports to Venezuela, and US$ 1,646.71 mn is India’s imports from Venezuela.”
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.
Agreements on record (8)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF PEOPLES POWER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SHARING SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED AT POPULATION SCALE FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONScience and Technology12 February 2025
- AGREEMENT ON VISA EXEMPTION ON DIPLOMATIC, OFFICIAL AND SERVICE PASSPORTS BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELADiplomatic Relations31 August 2005
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELA ON COOPERATION IN SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology05 May 2005
- MOU FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH LEVEL JOINT COMMISSION BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELAAid and Cooperation05 March 2005
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELA FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH LEVEL JOINT COMMISSIONAid and Cooperation05 March 2005
- AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN HYDROCARBON SECTOR BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELAEnvironment and Resources05 March 2005
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELA FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THEIR DIPLOMATIC INSTITUTESDiplomatic Relations02 September 2004
- MOU ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND VENEZUELAAid and Cooperation04 March 1997
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 8 sections, 7,585 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India‐Venezuela Relations · Political · Commercial · Culture · Capacity building · Global South Commitment.
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