Relationship dossier
Cuba
Laos
Relationship assessment
Cuba and Laos maintain a friendly relationship with cooperation in health, education, agriculture, and international forums.
Cuba toward Laos
+35Cuba has pursued bilateral cooperation with Laos in areas including health, education, and agriculture, and has reinforced ties through high-level exchanges and cooperation agreements.
Laos toward Cuba
+35Laos has supported Cuba’s opposition to the U.S. embargo in international forums and has pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level exchanges and agreements.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is underpinned by longstanding political affinity and practical cooperation in several sectors. High-level exchanges and bilateral agreements, alongside Laos’s support for Cuba’s position on the U.S. embargo, indicate a friendly and sustained partnership. The breadth and depth of implementation 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
Cuba and Laos have maintained a friendly relationship marked by political ties and cooperation in areas including health, education, and agriculture. High-level visits and bilateral agreements have reinforced cooperation, while Laos has supported Cuba’s opposition to the U.S. embargo in international forums. The relationship appears cooperative, though the scope and implementation of joint initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Cuba and Laos established diplomatic relations.
High-level visits and bilateral agreements reinforced cooperation, including in health, education, and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent practical cooperation in health, education, and agriculture are limited.