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{{Infobox bilateral relations|India–Kiribati|India|Kiribati|map=India_Kiribati_Locator.png}}

[[India]] and [[Kiribati]] established [[diplomatic relations]] in 1985. The High Commission of India in [[Suva|Suva, Fiji]] is concurrently accredited to Kiribati. Kiribati maintains an Honorary Consulate in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hony. Consulates in India|url=http://meaprotocol.nic.in/?a4Kiribati?New/Delhi|website=Protocol Division, Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=18 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

India and Kiribati are both [[republics in the Commonwealth of Nations]].

== History ==

[[Diplomatic Relations|Diplomatic relations]] between India and Kiribati were established on 6 August 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kiribati says Cooperation with India needs to be Consolidated|url=http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=10839573055de672cd439f0f733a57|website=Pacific Islands News Association|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> The High Commission of India in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] was concurrently accredited to Kiribati from September 1992 to October 2011, when it was transferred to the High Commission of India in Suva, Fiji.<ref name="MEA2016">{{cite web |date=15 January 2016 |title=India-Kiribati Relations |url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Kiribati_15_01_2016.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713082617/http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Kiribati_15_01_2016.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2017 |access-date=18 April 2017 |website=Ministry of External Affairs}}</ref>

Kiribati has supported India's candidatures in various international organizations, and was one of 34 countries to co-sponsor the G-4 resolution on the reform of the [[United Nations]] in 2005.<ref name="MEA2016" /> Minister of Finance and Economic Development Natan Teewe and Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Terieata Mwemwenikeaki visited [[New Delhi]] in February 2011 to attend the Ministerial Meeting on “Harnessing the positive contribution of South-South Cooperation for Development of Least Developed Countries”.<ref name="MEA2016" />

The then President of Kiribati [[Anote Tong]] attended the 12th [[Delhi Sustainable Development Summit]] (DSDS) held in New Delhi on 1–3 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seychelles President on working visit to India this week|url=http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/seychelles-president-on-working-visit-to-india-this-week/|website=Breaking Travel News|access-date=17 April 2017|date=1 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Agenda 2012|url=http://wsds.teriin.org/2012/files/agenda.pdf|website=TERI|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121021649/https://wsds.teriin.org/2012/files/agenda.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers|url=http://wsds.teriin.org/2012/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=table&tableid=2|website=TERI|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> He visited India again on 31 January - 2 February 2013 to attend the 13th DSDS.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Upton|first1=John|title=India's Prime Minister Asks Developed Nations to Use Less Energy and Water|url=https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/indias-prime-minister-asks-developed-nations-to-use-less-energy-and-water/|website=India Ink|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en|date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tong talks sustainability in India|url=http://www.climate.gov.ki/2013/01/29/tong-talks-sustainability-in-india/|website=Kiribati Climate Change|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213846/http://www.climate.gov.ki/2013/01/29/tong-talks-sustainability-in-india/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Agenda 2013|url=http://wsds.teriin.org/2013/pdf/DSDS2013_Tentative_Flow_of_Events_Jan10.pdf|website=TERI|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> Vice President [[Teima Onorio]] visited New Delhi on 23–25 October 2013 to attend the Second High Level Meeting (HLM) on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|title=AGENDA FOR HLM2|url=http://hlmdelhi2013.org/agenda-for-hlm2/|website=2nd High Level Meeting on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="MEA2016" /> The Kiribati Government's Advisor on Asia Teekoa Luta led an [[I-Kiribati]] delegation to attend the 2nd Summit of [[Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation|Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation]] (FIPIC) held at [[Jaipur]] on 21 August 2015.<ref name="MEA2016" />

The country is a member of the [[Pacific Islands Forum]], of which India is an official dialogue partner. Bilateral relations received a boost following the initiation of the Forum of India-Pacific Islands Cooperation by the [[Narendra Modi]] government in 2014.<ref name="JagranJosh" /> A Marshallese delegation led by Kiribati President Anote Tong attended the first India-Forum for Pacific Island Countries (FIPIC) Summit hosted in Suva, Fiji on 19 November 2014 by Prime Minister Modi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pratibha|first1=Jyoti|title=Samoa PM Coming Here|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2014/11/17/samoa-pm-coming-here/|website=Fiji Sun|access-date=17 April 2017|location=Suva|date=17 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="JagranJosh">{{cite web|title=Second Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit held in Jaipur|url=http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/second-forum-for-indiapacific-islands-cooperation-fipic-summit-held-in-jaipur-1440570425-1|website=Jagran Josh|access-date=16 April 2017|date=26 January 2015}}</ref> Tong also held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Modi.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subhajit|title=Whatever happens in Paris we are already doomed|url=http://indiaclimatedialogue.net/2015/10/20/whatever-happens-in-paris-we-are-already-doomed/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610112901/https://indiaclimatedialogue.net/2015/10/20/whatever-happens-in-paris-we-are-already-doomed/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 10, 2020|website=India Climate Dialogue|access-date=17 April 2017|date=20 October 2015}}</ref>

==Trade==

[[Bilateral trade]] between India and Kiribati grew from US$260,000 in 1996–97 to $1.01 million in 2014–15. Trade declined slightly to $940,000 in 2015–16, with India making no imports from Kiribati in that financial year. In 2014–15, India exported $1 million worth of goods to Kiribati, and the sole imports from Kiribati were plastics worth $10,000. The main commodities exported by India to Kiribati are sugar and confectionery, plastics, pharmaceuticals and non-railway vehicle parts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Total Trade|url=http://commerce.gov.in/EIDB.aspx|website=Department of Commerce|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

At the 2nd FIPIC Summit, Prime Minister Modi announced that a FIPIC Trade Office would be opened at the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|FICCI]] premises in New Delhi. The trade office, named the FIPIC Business Accelerator, was officially opened on 7 September 2015. The [[Confederation of Indian Industries]] (CII) has also established a dedicated department at its headquarters in New Delhi focusing on boosting trade with Pacific Island Countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Page 1 of 3 INDIA - SAMOA BILATERAL RELATIONS|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Samoa_Dec_2016.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=15 April 2017|date=December 2016}}</ref>

== Foreign aid ==

India donated prosthetic and orthodontic components and materials worth nearly AU$16,000 to the Tungaru Central Hospital Rehabilitation Centre in March 2006 and provided [[grant-in-aid]] of AU$137,000 to upgrade the Kiribati Government Printing Press in February 2008. Grants-in-aid of AU$316,000 was provided to procure a 500 KW generator and overhead cables in the Kirimati Island in June 2009, US$26,000 to procure a cherry picker truck and US$135,000 to renovate 3 clinics in December 2012.<ref name="MEA2016" />

India announced that it would provide a grant-in-aid of US$100,000 annually to each of the 14 Pacific Island countries, including Kiribati, at the Post Forum Dialogue partner meeting in 2006.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDg9oAkwsXAC|title=Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West|date=2007|publisher=The University of the South Pacific|isbn=9789820203884|page=275|language=en|last1=Crocombe|first1=R. G.|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> The amount was increased to US$125,000 annually from 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Tuvalu_2015_07_07.pdf|title=India-Tuvalu Relations|date=7 July 2015|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref> At the first FIPIC Summit on 19 November 2014, Prime Minister Modi announced numerous steps that India would take to improve relations with Pacific Island countries, including the [[Marshall Islands]], such as easing visa policies, increase in grant-in-aid to Pacific Island Countries to US$200,000 each annually, and several measures to boost bilateral trade and aid in the development of the Pacific Island countries.<ref name="MEA2016" />

Kiribati was one of the countries selected by the [[Government of India]] to implement its "Hole-in-Wall" computer education project under which computers will be installed for use by I-Kiribati children.<ref name="MEA2016" />

Citizens of Kiribati are eligible for scholarships under the [[Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme]] and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]].<ref name="MEA2016" /> I-Kiribati diplomats attended a special training course for diplomats from Pacific Island Countries organized by the [[Foreign Service Institute, India|Foreign Service Institute]] and held in Fiji and [[Palau]] in May 2015.<ref name="MEA2016" /><ref name="AnnualReport2015-16">{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2015-16|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/26525_26525_External_Affairs_English_AR_2015-16_Final_compressed.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=16 April 2017|location=New Delhi|date=2016}}</ref>

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