Relationship dossier
Belgium
Moldova
Relationship assessment
Belgium and Moldova maintain cooperative ties, including a bilateral tax convention and Belgian support for Moldova’s European integration.
Belgium toward Moldova
+20Belgium has supported Moldova’s European integration and concluded a bilateral convention to prevent double taxation, providing a concrete framework for economic relations.
Moldova toward Belgium
+20Moldova concluded a bilateral convention with Belgium to prevent double taxation, establishing a framework for economic relations between the two countries.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a cooperative foundation in the bilateral tax convention, alongside Belgium’s support for Moldova’s European integration. The EU dimension is significant, while the extent of direct bilateral cooperation beyond these areas 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 Moldova have a cooperative bilateral relationship, including a convention to prevent double taxation. Belgium has also supported Moldova’s European integration, although much of that support is pursued through the European Union rather than solely through bilateral channels. The scale and breadth of direct cooperation are less clear.
Key developments
Belgium and Moldova concluded a convention to prevent double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the tax convention are unclear.
- The extent of Belgian government support delivered directly to Moldova, rather than through European Union programmes, is uncertain.