This article covers the diplomatic relationship between India and Uruguay: when relations were established, the opening of India's embassy in Montevideo, meetings between leaders, ministerial and parliamentary visits, and the Foreign Office Consultations. It is based on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brief on India-Uruguay relations, dated 20 July 2026.

Establishment of relations

According to the MEA brief of July 2026, diplomatic relations between India and Uruguay, which the brief describes as two democratic countries, were established in 1960. The Embassy of India in Montevideo started its operations on 15 May 2026. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, as the brief names it, has an Embassy in New Delhi.

Leaders' meetings and visits

On 7 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Uruguay, Mr. Yamandú Orsi, met on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

The then Uruguayan President, Mr. Luis Lacalle Pou, took part in the 3rd Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS), held virtually on 17 August 2024.

Earlier contacts at the highest level include a visit to Uruguay by the then Prime Minister of India, Ms. Indira Gandhi, in 1968. Two Vice Presidents of Uruguay have visited India: Dr. Hugo Fernandez Faingold in 1999 and Mr. Danilo Angel Astori Saragosa in 2011.

Ministerial contacts

The brief says ministerial-level interactions and visits have taken place from time to time:

  • 28 February to 01 March 2025: Minister of State Pabitra Margherita visited Uruguay to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Yamandú Orsi.
  • February 2024: Uruguay's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Omar Paganini, met Minister of State Mr. V. Murleedharan on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
  • 29 April 2020: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a telephone conversation with the then Uruguayan Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernesto Talvi, during the Covid pandemic.

Parliamentary exchanges

A 10-member Parliamentary delegation led by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Coal and Mines, Mr. Pralhad Joshi, visited Uruguay on 14-17 June 2023. Earlier, a parliamentary delegation from India visited Uruguay in 2012, and a parliamentary delegation from Uruguay visited India in 2010.

A Rajya Sabha delegation of four Members of Parliament took part in the "2nd World Summit of Committees of Future" in Montevideo on 25-27 September 2023. The delegation also met Mr. Sebastián Andújar, President of the Lower House of Parliament.

Defence contact

The Commander-in-Chief of the Uruguayan Army, General Mario Stevenazzi, visited India on 14-16 October 2025 to take part in the first United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' Chiefs Conclave 2025.

Foreign Office Consultations

Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) between the two countries were institutionalised through an Agreement signed in 1999. The brief lists three recent rounds:

  • 6th round: held on 16 September 2024 in Montevideo, chaired by Secretary (East) Jaideep Muzumdar and Deputy Foreign Minister Nicolás Albertoni.
  • Fifth round: held in March 2023 in New Delhi, for which Deputy Foreign Minister Nicolás Albertoni visited India.
  • Fourth round: held in November 2021 in Montevideo.