Relationship dossier
Azerbaijan
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Bilateral ties include economic agreements and diplomatic engagement, with the scope of broader cooperation unclear.
Azerbaijan toward Switzerland
+15Azerbaijan has engaged Switzerland through bilateral diplomacy and agreements supporting economic relations, including arrangements on investment protection and taxation.
Switzerland toward Azerbaijan
+15Switzerland has engaged Azerbaijan through bilateral diplomacy and agreements supporting economic relations, including arrangements on investment protection and taxation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a practical foundation in bilateral economic agreements and diplomatic engagement. These features support a cooperative but not demonstrably close partnership; the extent and durability of wider collaboration 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
Azerbaijan and Switzerland maintain bilateral relations supported by practical agreements and government engagement. Their cooperation includes arrangements on investment protection and taxation, alongside diplomatic and economic exchanges. These ties indicate moderate, concrete cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral initiatives are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Azerbaijan and Switzerland concluded a bilateral investment protection agreement.
Azerbaijan and Switzerland concluded an agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral economic agreements are unclear.
- The scale of recent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.