Relationship dossier
Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation through trade, investment and sectoral agreements
Argentina toward Saudi Arabia
+20Argentina pursued bilateral cooperation with Saudi Arabia through agreements and memoranda addressing trade, investment, agriculture, energy and science, including initiatives associated with President Mauricio Macri's 2016 visit.
Saudi Arabia toward Argentina
+20Saudi Arabia engaged Argentina through bilateral agreements and memoranda on trade, investment, agriculture, energy and science, including initiatives associated with President Mauricio Macri's 2016 visit.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by practical economic and sectoral cooperation, including bilateral agreements and memoranda. These initiatives provide a substantive basis for ties, while their implementation and the breadth of sustained cooperation remain 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 Saudi Arabia have pursued practical cooperation, including agreements and memoranda covering areas such as trade, investment, agriculture, energy and science. The relationship includes concrete economic and sectoral initiatives, but its depth and implementation are difficult to characterize as a close, sustained partnership.
Key developments
During President Mauricio Macri's visit to Saudi Arabia, the governments pursued agreements and memoranda concerning trade, investment, agriculture, energy and science.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and lasting impact of bilateral agreements and memoranda are unclear.
- The scope of recent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.