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India is Nigeria's leading investor, with a investment base of about $20 billion. [11] India is the fifth largest investor in Africa with cumulative investment of USD 70.7 billion. [12] India is also the third largest trading partner of Africa after China and USA. India accounts for 6.4% of total African trade. [13]
The foundation of relations between India and Nepal was laid with the Indo-Nepalese friendship Treaty in 1950. In the 1950s, the Rana rulers of the Kingdom of Nepal welcomed close relations with the newly independent India, fearing a China-backed communist overthrow of their autocratic regime after the success of Communist revolution in China and establishment of CCP government on October 1, 1949.
However, the relationship between Nepal and India was significantly hampered by the 2015 Nepal blockade when the Government of Nepal accused India of mimicking "Russia-Ukraine" tactics by using ethnically Indian residents of Nepal to cause unrest along Nepal's southern border. India denied the allegation the unrest were an internal affair. [2]
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The rivalry between Nepal and the British East India Company over the princely states bordering Nepal and British-India eventually led to the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16), in which Nepal suffered substantial losses due to lack of guns and ammunitions against the British-Indian forces with advanced weapons.
Nigeria supplies 20% of India's crude oil needs and is India's largest trading partner in Africa. India has a high commission in Abuja. Nigeria has a high commission in New Delhi. Indonesia: 5 March 1965: See Indonesia–Nigeria relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 March 1965 [67] Indonesia has an embassy in Abuja.
Nepal pursues a policy of "balanced relations" with the two giant immediate neighbours, India and China; [159] [160] the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with India provides for a much closer relationship. [161] Nepal and India share an open border with free movement of people, religious, cultural and marital ties.
The rise of Communist China in 1949 and the subsequent invasion of Tibet heightened security concerns in both India and Nepal. [7] India had maintained good relations with Tibet, but the Rana rulers of Nepal feared that China would support the Communist Party of Nepal and sponsor a communist revolution that would overthrow their autocratic ...