Guinea Bissau
India and Guinea Bissau, for decades, have maintained warm and cordial relations. Guinea Bissau government is generally supportive of India. There is a considerable goodwill for India both amongst the public and in the government.
Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic
- Govt. of India has provided 288,000 doses of Made in India Covishield vaccines to Guinea Bissau in April 2021.
Capacity Building & Other Exchanges
- Under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, 8 training slots have been offered to Guinea Bissau for 2021-22.
- An expert in the area of rice cultivation visited Guinea Bissau from India in early 2006 to assist the country under India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum’s “Poverty Alleviation Funding Facility”. An expert team from India visited Guinea- Bissau to assist in a Solar Power project. In February 2009, India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Trust Fund Board approved two projects for renewable energy and agricultural capacity building in Guinea Bissau.
- India has donated 10,000 units indelible ink to Guinea Bissau for parliamentary elections held on 4th June 2023.
Development Cooperation (Grants/ LoCs/ Assistance)
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Guinea Bissau is a founder member of the Team-9 Initiative. Under this framework, Government of India has extended two Lines of Credits (LoCs) for food processing and agricultural sector [USD 5 million] as well as for rural electrification projects [USD 20 million].
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India supplied 1000 tons of rice as emergency aid to Guinea Bissau in September 2018.
