Relationship dossier
Belgium
Lithuania
Relationship assessment
Close EU and NATO partners with concrete Belgian contributions to Lithuania’s security
Belgium toward Lithuania
+50Belgium has contributed military personnel to NATO’s multinational presence in Lithuania and has deployed fighter aircraft for NATO Baltic air-policing missions, supporting Lithuania’s security.
Lithuania toward Belgium
+50Lithuania has hosted Belgian military personnel participating in NATO’s multinational presence and has supported NATO air-policing deployments from the Baltic region, including those involving Belgium.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship is underpinned by EU and NATO membership and reinforced by practical defence cooperation, notably Belgian military contributions in Lithuania and Belgian participation in Baltic air policing. These arrangements indicate sustained security cooperation, while the scale of other bilateral collaboration is less clear.
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
Belgium and Lithuania cooperate closely on security within NATO, including Belgian participation in NATO’s multinational presence in Lithuania and Belgian air-policing deployments in the Baltic region. Their EU membership provides a broader framework for cooperation, though the clearest bilateral evidence concerns defence.
Key developments
Belgium contributed military personnel to NATO’s multinational presence in Lithuania.
Belgium deployed fighter aircraft for NATO Baltic air-policing missions, operating in the region from Lithuania.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond defence is unclear.
- The continuity and scale of future Belgian contributions to security missions in Lithuania are uncertain.