Relationship dossier
Cyprus
Malta
Relationship assessment
Cyprus and Malta have a modest cooperative relationship, including a bilateral double-taxation agreement.
Cyprus toward Malta
+15The Cypriot government concluded a bilateral double-taxation agreement with Malta, establishing a framework for tax matters between the two countries.
Malta toward Cyprus
+15The Maltese government concluded a bilateral double-taxation agreement with Cyprus, establishing a framework for tax matters between the two countries.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a concrete tax agreement, while the available breadth of specific bilateral cooperation is limited. No specific bilateral disagreement is identified in this assessment.
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
Cyprus and Malta maintain a cooperative but comparatively modest bilateral relationship. Their governments concluded a double-taxation agreement, providing a concrete framework for bilateral tax matters. Broader cooperation and the agreement’s practical scope are not sufficiently clear to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
Cyprus and Malta signed a bilateral agreement for the avoidance of double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of the bilateral tax agreement are unclear.
- Details of other direct government cooperation between Cyprus and Malta are limited.