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	'''Gabon–India relations''' ~~refers to~~ the international relations ~~that exist~~ between [[Gabon]] and [[India]]. Gabon maintains an embassy in New Delhi. The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo is jointly accredited to Gabon. India also maintains an honorary consulate in Libreville.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Missions Abroad\|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?75/75/0\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Gabon–India relations''' are the international relations between [[Gabon]] and [[India]]. Gabon maintains an embassy in New Delhi. The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] is jointly accredited to Gabon. India also maintains an honorary consulate in Libreville.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Missions Abroad\|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?75/75/0\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Senior Minister for National Defence of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba visited India in November 2007.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> He visited India again in October 2015 as president to attend the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Glimpse of 3rd IAFS 2015\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Several Gabonese ministers have also visited India.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> The only visit by an Indian government official to Gabon occurred in September 2015, when Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Ram Shankar Katheria visited Libreville and met with President Ondimba.<ref name="MEA2016" />		Senior Minister for National Defence of Gabon [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]] visited India in November 2007.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> He visited India again in October 2015 as president to attend the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Glimpse of 3rd IAFS 2015\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|archive-date=19 May 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519144329/http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several Gabonese ministers have also visited India.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> The only visit by an Indian government official to Gabon occurred in September 2015, when Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister [[Ram Shankar Katheria]] visited Libreville and met with President Ondimba.<ref name="MEA2016" />

	Varsha Pallavi, Economic Assistant to the Head of the Embassy of Gabon in New Delhi, represented the country at the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum organized by FICCI, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in February 2016. The Forum was also attended by Indian Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh and senior ministers from Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia and other African nations.<ref>{{cite web\|title='India -Africa Agribusiness Forum' 2016\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>		Varsha Pallavi, Economic Assistant to the Head of the Embassy of Gabon in New Delhi, represented the country at the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum organized by FICCI, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in February 2016. The Forum was also attended by Indian Minister of Agriculture [[Radha Mohan Singh]] and senior ministers from Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia and other African nations.<ref>{{cite web\|title='India -Africa Agribusiness Forum' 2016\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|archive-date=19 May 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519144329/http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Trade==		==Trade==
	Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015–16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>		Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015–16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>

	In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>		In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of [[Port-Gentil]]. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

	Indian firms such as Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. and M3M India Limited have won contracts to develop infrastructure sector in Gabon.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Republic_of_Gabon.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>		Indian firms such as Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. and M3M India Limited have won contracts to develop the infrastructure sector in Gabon.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Republic_of_Gabon.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>

	==Foreign aid==		==Foreign aid==
	India provided Gabon with a ~~Line~~ of ~~Credit~~ (LOC) worth $14.5 million in March 2007 to build 300 houses and amenities in Bikele near Libreville. Another LOC worth $67.19 million was provided to upgrade Gabon's broadcasting facilities.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />		India provided Gabon with a [[line of credit]] (LOC) worth $14.5 million in March 2007 to build 300 houses and amenities in [[Bikelé (place)\|Bikele]] near Libreville. Another LOC worth $67.19 million was provided to upgrade Gabon's broadcasting facilities.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />

	Gabon was among the first 15 African countries in which India implemented the Pan African e-network project. Tele-education, Tele-medicine and VVIP connectivity were established in Libreville under the project. At the first India Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi in April 2008, India agreed to establish a vocational training centre in Gabon as part of a "Plan of Action" with the African Union.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />		Gabon was among the first 15 African countries in which India implemented the Pan African e-network project. Tele-education, Tele-medicine and VVIP connectivity were established in Libreville under the project. At the first India Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi in April 2008, India agreed to establish a vocational training centre in Gabon as part of a "Plan of Action" with the African Union.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />
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	==Cultural relations==		==Cultural relations==
	Ambassador of Gabon Desire Koumba inaugurated the 4th Global Festival of Journalism held at Marwah Studios, Noida in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/journalism-noida.pdf\|title=Gllobal Journalism fest in Noida\|date=22 February 2016\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|publisher=The Times of India\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>		Ambassador of Gabon Desire Koumba inaugurated the 4th Global Festival of Journalism held at Marwah Studios, Noida in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/journalism-noida.pdf\|title=Gllobal Journalism fest in Noida\|date=22 February 2016\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|publisher=The Times of India\|access-date=5 April 2017\|archive-date=19 May 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519144404/http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/journalism-noida.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	As of December 2016, around 100 Indians ~~resided~~ in Gabon. They are primarily involved in infrastructure projects, trading, export of timber and metal scrap.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>		==Indians in Gabon==
			As of December 2016, around 100 Indians is reported to be residing in Gabon. They are one of the fastest growing businesspersons who are primarily involved in the infrastructure projects, trading affairs, export of timber and metal scrap.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Gabon–India relations\| ]]		[[Category:Gabon–India relations\| ]]
	[[Category:Bilateral relations of India]]		[[Category:Bilateral relations of India\|Gabon]]
	[[Category:~~Africa–India~~ relations]]		[[Category:India–Africa relations]]
	[[Category:Bilateral relations of Gabon]]		[[Category:Bilateral relations of Gabon\|India]]
			[[Category:India and the Commonwealth of Nations]]

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	'''Gabon–India relations''' refers to the international relations that exist between [[Gabon]] and [[India]]. Gabon maintains an embassy in New Delhi. The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo is jointly accredited to Gabon. India also maintains an honorary consulate in Libreville.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Missions Abroad\|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?75/75/0\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Gabon–India relations''' refers to the international relations that exist between [[Gabon]] and [[India]]. Gabon maintains an embassy in New Delhi. The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo is jointly accredited to Gabon. India also maintains an honorary consulate in Libreville.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Indian Missions Abroad\|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?75/75/0\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Senior Minister for National Defence of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba visited India in November 2007.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> He visited India again in October 2015 as ~~President~~ to attend the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Glimpse of 3rd IAFS 2015\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Several Gabonese ministers have also visited India.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> The only visit by an Indian government official to Gabon occurred in September 2015, when Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Ram Shankar Katheria visited Libreville and met with President Ondimba.<ref name="MEA2016" />		Senior Minister for National Defence of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba visited India in November 2007.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> He visited India again in October 2015 as president to attend the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Glimpse of 3rd IAFS 2015\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Several Gabonese ministers have also visited India.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> The only visit by an Indian government official to Gabon occurred in September 2015, when Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Ram Shankar Katheria visited Libreville and met with President Ondimba.<ref name="MEA2016" />

	Varsha Pallavi, Economic Assistant to the Head of the Embassy of Gabon in New Delhi, represented the country at the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum organized by FICCI, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on February 2016. The Forum was also attended by Indian Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh and senior ministers from Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia and other African nations.<ref>{{cite web\|title='India -Africa Agribusiness Forum' 2016\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>		Varsha Pallavi, Economic Assistant to the Head of the Embassy of Gabon in New Delhi, represented the country at the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum organized by FICCI, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in February 2016. The Forum was also attended by Indian Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh and senior ministers from Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia and other African nations.<ref>{{cite web\|title='India -Africa Agribusiness Forum' 2016\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

	==Trade==		==Trade==
	Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in ~~2015-16~~, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>		Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015–16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>

	In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>		In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

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	Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015-16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>		Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015-16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web\|title=Gabon-India Ties\|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en\|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi\|access-date=5 April 2017\|language=en-gb}}</ref>

	In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article~~/2010/06/08~~/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>		In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group\|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608\|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal\|last1=Tripathy \| first1=Devidutta \|last2=Goma \|first2=Eman \|date=8 June 2010\|work=[[Reuters]]\|publisher=Reuters\|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home\|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/\|website=How We Made It In Africa\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

	Indian firms such as Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. and M3M India Limited have won contracts to develop infrastructure sector in Gabon.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Republic_of_Gabon.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>		Indian firms such as Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. and M3M India Limited have won contracts to develop infrastructure sector in Gabon.<ref>{{cite web\|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations\|url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Republic_of_Gabon.pdf\|website=Ministry of External Affairs\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>

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{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Gabonese Republic and the Republic of India}}
{{Infobox bilateral relations|Gabon–India|Gabon|India}}

'''Gabon–India relations''' refers to the international relations that exist between [[Gabon]] and [[India]]. Gabon maintains an embassy in New Delhi. The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo is jointly accredited to Gabon. India also maintains an honorary consulate in Libreville.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Missions Abroad|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?75/75/0|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=5 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Senior Minister for National Defence of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba visited India in November 2007.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> He visited India again in October 2015 as President to attend the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glimpse of 3rd IAFS 2015|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/africa_summit.pdf|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Several Gabonese ministers have also visited India.<ref name="GabonEmbassy"/><ref name="MEA2016" /> The only visit by an Indian government official to Gabon occurred in September 2015, when Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister Ram Shankar Katheria visited Libreville and met with President Ondimba.<ref name="MEA2016" />

Varsha Pallavi, Economic Assistant to the Head of the Embassy of Gabon in New Delhi, represented the country at the India-Africa Agribusiness Forum organized by FICCI, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on February 2016. The Forum was also attended by Indian Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh and senior ministers from Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia and other African nations.<ref>{{cite web|title='India -Africa Agribusiness Forum' 2016|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/agribusiness.pdf|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

==Trade==
Bilateral trade between Gabon and India totaled US$142.45 million in 2015-16, declining sharply from $835.73 million the previous fiscal. India exported $36.82 million worth of goods to Gabon, and imported $105.63 million. The main commodities exported by India to Gabon are meat and meat products, pharmaceuticals, cotton, iron and steel. The major commodities imported by India from Gabon are wood and wood articles, ores, slag and ash.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Bilateral_Briefs_Gabon_2016.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=5 April 2017|date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy">{{cite web|title=Gabon-India Ties|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=50&lang=en|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi|access-date=5 April 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>

In June 2010, [[Bharti Airtel]] struck a deal to buy [[Zain Group|Zain]]'s mobile operations in 15 African countries, including Gabon, for $8.97 billion, in India's second biggest overseas acquisition after Tata Steel's US$13 billion buy of Corus in 2007. Bharti Airtel completed the acquisition on 8 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/08/us-zain-bharti-idUSTRE6570VJ20100608|title=Bharti closes $9 billion Zain Africa deal|last1=Tripathy | first1=Devidutta |last2=Goma |first2=Eman |date=8 June 2010|work=[[Reuters]]|publisher=Reuters|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Tata Chemicals announced in April 2011 that it would invest $290 million to acquire a 25.1% stake from Singaporean firm Olam International in a urea manufacturing project located near the port town of Port-Gentil. Tata stated that it would export 25% of the plant's total produce to India.<ref>{{cite web|title=India to manufacture fertiliser in Gabon, and then ship it back home|url=https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/india-to-manufacture-fertiliser-in-gabon-and-then-ship-it-back-home/|website=How We Made It In Africa|access-date=5 April 2017|date=18 April 2011}}</ref> Oil India Ltd. (OIL), in partnership with Indian Oil Ltd., conducted oil exploration in Shakti Block, Lamberele.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/> OIL discovered 44 million barrels of oil at the site in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Explained: This is India's trade footprint in Africa|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/this-is-indias-trade-footprint-in-africa/|website=The Indian Express|access-date=5 April 2017|date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

Indian firms such as Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. and M3M India Limited have won contracts to develop infrastructure sector in Gabon.<ref>{{cite web|title=India – Republic of Gabon Relations|url=http://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Republic_of_Gabon.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=5 April 2017|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>

==Foreign aid==
India provided Gabon with a Line of Credit (LOC) worth $14.5 million in March 2007 to build 300 houses and amenities in Bikele near Libreville. Another LOC worth $67.19 million was provided to upgrade Gabon's broadcasting facilities.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />

Gabon was among the first 15 African countries in which India implemented the Pan African e-network project. Tele-education, Tele-medicine and VVIP connectivity were established in Libreville under the project. At the first India Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi in April 2008, India agreed to establish a vocational training centre in Gabon as part of a "Plan of Action" with the African Union.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />

Citizens of Gabon are eligible for scholarships under the [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]]<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" /> and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Africa Scholarships|url=http://www.iccr.gov.in/content/africa-scholarships|website=Indian Council for Cultural Relations|access-date=5 April 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512210421/http://iccr.gov.in/content/africa-scholarships|archive-date=12 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several officials from Gabon have also received training programs under the AIFS.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="GabonEmbassy" />

==Cultural relations==
Ambassador of Gabon Desire Koumba inaugurated the 4th Global Festival of Journalism held at Marwah Studios, Noida in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gabonembassynewdelhi.com/images/pdf/journalism-noida.pdf|title=Gllobal Journalism fest in Noida|date=22 February 2016|website=Embassy of Gabon, New Delhi|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

As of December 2016, around 100 Indians resided in Gabon. They are primarily involved in infrastructure projects, trading, export of timber and metal scrap.<ref name="MEA2016"/><ref name = "GabonEmbassy"/>

==References==
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{{Foreign relations of Gabon}}
{{Foreign relations of India}}

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