Relationship dossier
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relationship assessment
Close bilateral ties shaped by Austrian support for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration and security.
Austria toward Bosnia and Herzegovina
+45Austria has supported Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration and contributed personnel to the EUFOR Althea security mission. Austrian development cooperation and economic engagement provide additional bilateral channels.
Bosnia and Herzegovina toward Austria
+20Bosnia and Herzegovina maintains bilateral cooperation with Austria, including engagement on practical matters such as migration and readmission. The scope and continuity of specific government-led initiatives are less clear.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is characterized by Austrian support for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration, Austria’s role in international security efforts in the country, and bilateral development and economic cooperation. These sustained cooperative features outweigh any major bilateral confrontation recalled in this assessment.
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
Austria has supported Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration and contributed to international security efforts there, including the EUFOR Althea mission. Bilateral development and economic cooperation also contribute to a generally close relationship. Bosnia and Herzegovina engages Austria through bilateral cooperation, though the scope of its government’s concrete initiatives toward Austria is less clear.
Key developments
Austria contributed personnel to the EUFOR Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Austria supported Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European integration through bilateral and European engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Austrian development cooperation are unclear.
- Details of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s government-led bilateral initiatives with Austria are limited.