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 Angola |  India |
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| Diplomatic mission | |
| Embassy of Angola, New Delhi | Embassy of India, Luanda |
| Envoy | |
| Ambassador Manuel Eduardo dos Santos e Silva Bravo[1] | Ambassador Pratibha Parkar[2] |
Angola–India relations refers to the international relations that exist betweenAngola andIndia.
India has an embassy inLuanda. Angola has an embassy inNew Delhi.
The Indian state ofGoa and Angola as a whole were both formerPortuguese colonies.[3] India supported theAngolan freedom struggle againstPortuguese colonial rule until Angola gained independence in 1975. Since then India has maintained close ties toMPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola).[4] India officially established diplomatic relations with Angola in 1985.[4] India is a founding member of theNon-Aligned Movement, and Angola joined the organization in 1976.
There have been several visits by the leaders of the two countries.Rajiv Gandhi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Angola in May 1986.José Eduardo dos Santos became the first Angolan President to visit India in April 1987. Angolan Foreign MinisterJoão Bernardo de Miranda visited India in May 2006 and signed a protocol on foreign office consultations. Prime MinisterManmohan Singh met with President Santos on the sidelines of the35th G8 summit atL'Aquila, Italy on 10 July 2009. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi met with PresidentJoão Lourenço on the sidelines of the10th BRICS summit inJohannesburg, South Africa on 26 July 2018.[4]
Angola and India signed an agreement on 30 January 2017 to establish a bilateral commission. The first India-Angola Joint Commission Meeting was co-chaired virtually by Foreign MinistersS. Jaishankar andTete António on 7 September 2020. The two sides conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral relations and agreed to diversify trade relations particularly in the areas of health, pharmaceuticals, defence, agriculture, food processing, digitization and telecom. Three MoUs on health, training and visa facilitation were signed during the meeting.[4] Angola supports India's candidacy for a permanent seat in areformedUnited Nations Security Council.[citation needed] Angola voted for India's election to the UNSC's non-permanent seat for 2021–22.[4]
Angolan President Joao Laurenco visited India in May 2025 and held wide ranging talks including trade & investment, defence, energy, skilling, railways development partnership, health & pharmaceuticals, cultural cooperation and people to people ties. They also discussed regional and global issues of mutual interest.[5]
Indian companies are involved in the retail, hospitality, agriculture, plastics, scrap metal, steel, trading, garments, real estate and other sectors in Angola. TheConfederation of Indian Industry (CII) and theFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry sent delegations to Angola in November 2013 and May 2014 respectively. The first collaborative business event between the two countries, called "Business Opportunities between India and Angola", was jointly organized by the Angola-India Chamber of Commerce, CII, and the Agency of Private Investment, Promotion and Exporters (AIPEX) on 3 September 2020. The Embassy of India in Luanda, in cooperation with the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) and the Angola-India Chamber of Commerce, organized a conference on 3 December 2020 attended by delegates from the Angolan state-owned diamond companiesEndiama andSodiam, and private companies from India.[4]
Angola and India signed an MoU on cooperation in the oil and gas sector in October 2010 in New Delhi.Engineers India was involved in the construction of theLobito oil refinery.[4]
India is Angola's 3rd largest trading partner, and accounts for about 10% of Angola's total exports. Angola is the second largest African exporter of oil to India, after Nigeria. Crude oil forms the bulk of Angola's exports to India and as a result the value of bilateral trade is heavily dependent on oil prices. Bilateral trade between Angola and India reached a peak of US$7.16 billion in 2012–13, driven primarily by high oil prices, but declined to $3.93 billion in 2019–20.[4]
| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21(Apr to Feb 21) | ||
| Import | 4617 | 2767 | 2596 | 4324 | 4027 | 3649.02 | 1563.47 | |
| Export | 552 | 223 | 155 | 235 | 282.36 | 285.10 | 230.30 | |
| Total | 5169 | 2990 | 2751 | 4559 | 4309.36 | 3934.12 | 1793.77 | |
The Indian Foreign Ministry gifted ambulances manufactured byMahindra & Mahindra to theGovernment of Angola as a goodwill gesture in December 2005.[4] India extended a $40 million line of credit (LOC) to Angola for the rehabilitation of theMoçâmedes Railway in 2005. TheExim Bank of India provided three LOCs worth $28.8 million for agricultural equipment and Indian tractors. TheState Bank of India, which opened its representative office in Luanda in April 2005, also extended commercial lines of credit of US$15.8 million for the supply of tractors and the importing of capital equipment from India. The Government of India extended a $30 million LOC to set up an industrial park and a $15 million LOC to establish a cotton ginning and spinning plant in Angola in 2008–09.[7] In June 2012, the Exim Bank provided a $23 million LOC for supply of tractors, implements and related spares.[4]
India offered Angola a line of credit of $100 million in May 2021 for the purchase of naval boats, interceptor craft, and construction of naval vessels and slipways.[4]
Citizens of Angola are eligible for scholarships under theIndian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) and theIndian Council for Cultural Relations.[8]
There were around 3,500 Indians living in Angola as of July 2021. The community primarily works in offshore oil fields, catering, supermarkets, trading and other services, and in industries dealing in plastics, metal, steel and garments.[4]
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