Relationship dossier
Bahrain
Brazil
Relationship assessment
Brazil and Bahrain maintain limited bilateral engagement, including high-level meetings in 2023.
Bahrain toward Brazil
+15Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Bahrain in November 2023 and met King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, providing a concrete instance of Brazilian government engagement with Bahrain.
Brazil toward Bahrain
+15King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Bahrain in November 2023, providing a concrete instance of Bahraini government engagement with Brazil.
Overall relationship
+15High-level bilateral diplomacy, including the 2023 presidential visit and meetings with Bahrain's king, indicates a cooperative relationship. The known engagement supports a modest assessment, while its breadth and durability 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
Brazil and Bahrain have engaged in high-level bilateral diplomacy, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Bahrain in November 2023 and meetings with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The relationship shows concrete but limited engagement; its wider scope and continuity are unclear.
Key developments
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited Bahrain and met King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond high-level meetings are unclear.
- The continuity of government-to-government engagement after the 2023 visit is uncertain.