Relationship dossier
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Relationship assessment
Azerbaijan and Lithuania maintain a cooperative partnership, including Lithuanian support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
Azerbaijan toward Lithuania
+20Azerbaijan joined Lithuania in formalizing bilateral cooperation through the 2007 joint declaration on strategic partnership, providing a framework for political and economic engagement.
Lithuania toward Azerbaijan
+20Lithuania formalized a strategic partnership with Azerbaijan in 2007 and has supported Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship rests on a bilateral strategic partnership and cooperation on political and economic matters. Lithuania’s support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity is a notable point of alignment. The partnership is constructive, although its depth and implementation are uncertain.
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
Azerbaijan and Lithuania maintain a cooperative bilateral relationship, formalized by a 2007 joint declaration on strategic partnership. Lithuania has supported Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, while bilateral cooperation also includes economic and political engagement. The relationship is constructive, though the scope and depth of cooperation are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
Key developments
Azerbaijan and Lithuania signed a joint declaration on strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation under the strategic partnership are unclear.
- The extent of recent economic and political cooperation is uncertain.