Ficha de relación
Arabia Saudí
España
Evaluación de la relación
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Defense-industrial cooperation alongside controversy over arms exports and the Yemen conflict
Arabia Saudí hacia España
+35Saudi Arabia awarded Spain’s Navantia a contract to build corvettes, creating a substantial defense-industrial project involving Spanish shipbuilding. The agreement is a concrete example of Saudi government cooperation with Spain.
España hacia Arabia Saudí
+25Spain has authorized arms exports to Saudi Arabia and supported defense-industrial cooperation, including Navantia’s work on Saudi naval vessels. In 2018, the Spanish government briefly halted a bomb shipment before reversing that decision, amid scrutiny linked to the Yemen conflict.
Relación general
+30The relationship includes substantial defense-industrial cooperation, notably the Saudi corvette contract awarded to Spain’s Navantia, but Spanish arms transfers have generated controversy in connection with the Yemen conflict. This combination supports a cooperative but qualified overall characterization.
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- −100
- Hostilidad extrema y sostenida
- −50
- Considerablemente adversa
- 0
- Mixta o neutral, respaldada por información
- +50
- Considerablemente cooperativa
- +100
- Asociación excepcionalmente estrecha y sostenida
«Sin evaluar» significa que no hay una puntuación registrada. La existencia de una pareja no implica reconocimiento diplomático ni relaciones establecidas.
Contexto de la relación
Panorama general
Saudi Arabia and Spain have maintained substantive defense-industrial cooperation, including a Saudi contract for Spanish-built naval vessels and associated work by Spain’s Navantia. Spanish arms exports to Saudi Arabia have also been politically contentious, particularly amid the Yemen conflict; in 2018, Spain briefly halted a shipment of bombs before reversing the decision. These cooperative projects coexist with scrutiny of arms transfers.
Áreas de tensión
- Spanish arms exports to Saudi Arabia amid concerns about the Yemen conflict.
Acontecimientos clave
Saudi Arabia awarded Spain’s Navantia a contract to build corvettes.
Spain briefly halted a shipment of bombs to Saudi Arabia and later reversed the decision.
Principales incertidumbres
- The extent and implementation of the naval and defense-industrial agreements are unclear.
- The scope of Spanish arms-export restrictions and their subsequent application is unclear.