Relationship dossier
Argentina
Bangladesh
Relationship assessment
Argentina and Bangladesh expanded diplomatic and sectoral cooperation in 2023.
Argentina toward Bangladesh
+30Argentina reopened its embassy in Dhaka in 2023. During Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero’s visit that year, Argentina concluded bilateral agreements with Bangladesh covering areas including trade promotion, agriculture and sports.
Bangladesh toward Argentina
+30Bangladesh opened an embassy in Buenos Aires in 2023 and concluded agreements with Argentina during Cafiero’s visit to Bangladesh, including cooperation in trade promotion, agriculture and sports.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative foundation, with both governments expanding diplomatic representation and concluding practical sectoral agreements in 2023. The partnership remains relatively recent, and the scope and implementation of its cooperation are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and Bangladesh have expanded their diplomatic engagement, including reopening or establishing embassies in each other’s capitals in 2023. During Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero’s visit to Bangladesh that year, the governments concluded agreements covering areas including trade promotion, agriculture and sports. These steps indicate practical but relatively recent cooperation; the breadth and implementation of the arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Argentina reopened its embassy in Dhaka.
Bangladesh opened an embassy in Buenos Aires.
During Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero’s visit to Bangladesh, the governments concluded agreements covering trade promotion, agriculture and sports.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the 2023 cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of bilateral cooperation beyond the 2023 diplomatic expansion are uncertain.