Editing Foreign relations of India (section)

==Oceania==
;Australia
{{Main|Australia–India relations}}

India & Australia are both Commonwealth members. Sporting and cultural ties are significant. Australian cricketers often undertake large commercial ventures in India, enhanced with the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]], and, to a lesser degree, the [[Indian Cricket League|ICL]]. Bollywood productions enjoy a large market in Australia. In 2007, PM [[John Howard]] visited Mumbai and its entertainment industry, in efforts to increase [[Tourism in India]] to Australia.<ref>[http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2007/12/bollywood-makes-minister-job-easier.html Bollywood makes minister Soni's job easier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907003119/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2007/12/bollywood-makes-minister-job-easier.html |date=7 September 2008 }}. Realbollywood.com (26 December 2007). Retrieved 12 November 2011.</ref>

[[File:Australia vs India.jpg|thumb|[[One-day International]] cricket match between Australia and India, [[MCG]] January 2004|220x220px]]

There are ongoing strategic attempts to form an "Asian NATO" with India, [[Japan]], the [[United States|US]] and [[Australia]] through the [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Quad Leaders' Joint Statement: "The Spirit of the Quad" |url=https://whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/12/quad-leaders-joint-statement-the-spirit-of-the-quad/ |website=The White House |publisher=Government of United States |access-date=4 June 2022 |date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603171301/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/12/quad-leaders-joint-statement-the-spirit-of-the-quad/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Nayak |first1=Bhabani Shankar Dr |title=Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives |year=2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-7936-4280-6 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFA3EAAAQBAJ |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513194756/https://books.google.com/books?id=nFA3EAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> During the first decade of the 21st century, the deepening of strategic relations between the two nations was prevented by a range of policy disagreements, such as India's refusal to sign the [[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|NPT]] and Australia's consequent refusal to provide India with [[uranium]]. Australia's parliament later allowed for the sale of uranium to India, following changes in government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/prime-minister-tony-abbott-seals-uranium-deal-in-india/5724368 |title=. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.au (6 September 2014). Retrieved 20 February 2018. |newspaper=ABC News |date=6 September 2014 |access-date=19 February 2018 |archive-date=1 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101015808/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/prime-minister-tony-abbott-seals-uranium-deal-in-india/5724368 |url-status=live }}</ref> Closer strategic cooperation between India, Japan, the United States and Australia also began during the second half of the 2010s, which some analysts attributed to a desire to balance Chinese initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/19/business/australia-u-s-india-japan-talks-establish-alternative-chinas-belt-road-initiative-report/|work=The Japan Times|date=19 February 2018|access-date=20 February 2018|title=Japan, U.S., Australia and India look to establish alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220070531/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/19/business/australia-u-s-india-japan-talks-establish-alternative-chinas-belt-road-initiative-report/|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Cook Islands
{{main|Cook Islands–India relations}}

;Fiji
{{Main|Fiji–India relations}}

[[Fiji]]'s relationship with the Republic of India is often seen by observers against the backdrop of the sometimes tense relations between its [[Fijians|indigenous people]] and the 44 percent of the population who are of [[Indians in Fiji|Indian descent]]. India has used its influence in international forums such as the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and United Nations on behalf of ethnic Indians in Fiji, lobbying for [[International sanctions|sanctions]] against Fiji in the wake of the [[1987 Fijian coups d'état|1987 coups]] and the [[2000 Fijian coup d'état|2000 coup]], both of which removed governments, one dominated and one led, by Indo-Fijians.

;Kiribati
{{main|India–Kiribati relations}}
;Marshall Islands
{{main|India–Marshall Islands relations}}

;Micronesia
{{main|India–Federated States of Micronesia relations}}

;Nauru
{{main|India–Nauru relations}}

India and [[Nauru]] relations have been established since the island nation's independence in 1968. Leaders of both countries have been meeting on the sidelines of some of the international forums of which both nations are part such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement. India is one of the largest donors to the island by improving the education ministry and creating transportation and computer connections for the MPs and the [[Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru]]. There were numerous visits by the [[President of Nauru]] to the republic to further strengthen ties and cooperation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Nauru-January-2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012648/http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Nauru-January-2012.pdf |archive-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[File:India_Vs_New_zealand_One_day_International,_10_December_2010_(6159914657).jpg|thumb|India Vs New Zealand One Day International, 10 December 2010. Cricket is hugely popular in both nations and is seen as a connection between them.]]
;New Zealand
{{main|India–New Zealand relations}}

Bilateral relations were established between India and New Zealand in 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hicomind.org.nz/hcinz/india-new-zealand/bilateral-relations/|title=Bilateral Relations|website=hicomind.org.nz|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721235929/http://www.hicomind.org.nz/hcinz/india-new-zealand/bilateral-relations/|archive-date=21 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> India has a High Commission in [[Wellington, New Zealand|Wellington]] with an [[Honorary consul|Honorary Consulate]] in [[Auckland]], while New Zealand has a High Commission in [[New Delhi]] along with a [[Consulate]] in [[Mumbai]], [[trade office]]s in New Delhi and Mumbai and an Honorary Consulate in [[Chennai]].

India–New Zealand relations were cordial but not extensive after [[Partition of India|Indian independence]].  More recently, New Zealand has shown interest in extending ties with India due to [[Economy of India|India's impressive GDP growth]].

;Niue
{{main|India–Niue relations}}

;Palau
{{main|India–Palau relations}}

;Papua New Guinea
{{main|India–Papua New Guinea relations}}

India and Papua New Guinea established relations in 1975, following PNG's independence from Australia. Since 1975, relations have grown between the two nations. India maintains a High Commission in [[Port Moresby]] while Papua New Guinea maintains a High Commission in [[New Delhi]] In the 2010 Fiscal Year, Trade between the two nations grew to US$239 Million. PNG has sent numerous military officers and students to be trained and educated in India's academies and universities respectively. In recent years, India and PNG have signed an Economic Partnership Agreement, allowing India to further invest in PNG's infrastructure, telecommunications and educational institutions.

;Samoa
{{Main|India–Samoa relations}}

Both countries established diplomatic relations in June 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/|title=Samoa Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is under construction|website=mfat.gov.ws|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=14 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214005624/https://www.mfat.gov.ws/embassies/countries-with-established-diplomatic-relations-with-samoa/|url-status=live}}</ref>

;Solomon Islands
{{main|India–Solomon Islands relations}}

;Tonga
{{main|India–Tonga relations}}

;Tuvalu
{{main|India–Tuvalu relations}}

;Vanuatu
India has its High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, accredited to Vanuatu.