Relationship dossier
Argentina
Cyprus
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties, including Argentina’s peacekeeping role in Cyprus and support on sovereignty issues
Argentina toward Cyprus
+25Argentina has contributed personnel to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, supporting efforts to maintain peace on the island. Argentina has also supported Cyprus’s sovereignty and a peaceful settlement of the Cyprus issue in international forums.
Cyprus toward Argentina
+20Cyprus has supported Argentina’s position that the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) should be resolved through peaceful negotiations, including in international forums.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship is characterized by Argentina’s practical contribution to peacekeeping in Cyprus and reciprocal diplomatic support on sovereignty disputes. These are meaningful areas of cooperation, although the breadth of other bilateral engagement is 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 Cyprus have a generally cooperative relationship, including Argentina’s participation in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus and mutual support for positions on key sovereignty questions. The relationship appears constructive, though the scope of broader bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Argentina began contributing personnel to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
Cyprus and Argentina have expressed support for peaceful resolution of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) sovereignty dispute.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of current bilateral cooperation beyond peacekeeping and diplomatic support on sovereignty questions is unclear.
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.