Relationship dossier
Azerbaijan
Pakistan
Relationship assessment
A close partnership with mutual diplomatic support and expanding defense cooperation.
Azerbaijan toward Pakistan
+75Azerbaijan has supported Pakistan's position on Kashmir in international forums and has maintained defense cooperation with Pakistan, including participation in trilateral activities involving Turkey.
Pakistan toward Azerbaijan
+75Pakistan has supported Azerbaijan's territorial integrity in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and has not recognized Armenia. Pakistan has also pursued defense cooperation and trilateral military activities involving Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Overall relationship
+75The relationship has a durable foundation of mutual diplomatic support on territorial disputes, reinforced by defense cooperation and trilateral military activities with Turkey. These recurring areas of alignment underpin a close bilateral partnership.
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 Pakistan maintain a close partnership marked by mutual support on major territorial disputes and growing defense cooperation. Azerbaijan has supported Pakistan's position on Kashmir, while Pakistan has backed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and has not recognized Armenia. The countries have also pursued military cooperation and participated in trilateral activities with Turkey.
Key developments
Pakistan established diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan following Azerbaijan's independence.
Azerbaijan and Pakistan participated in trilateral military activities with Turkey, expanding practical defense cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defense cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of recent economic and investment commitments is uncertain.