Relationship dossier
El Salvador
Qatar
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement has included a presidential visit and cooperation agreements, with the extent of sustained collaboration unclear.
El Salvador toward Qatar
+20El Salvador pursued high-level engagement with Qatar through President Nayib Bukele's 2019 visit, during which the two governments signed cooperation agreements.
Qatar toward El Salvador
+20Qatar hosted President Nayib Bukele's 2019 visit, and its government joined El Salvador in signing cooperation agreements.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes high-level diplomatic engagement and bilateral cooperation agreements, with no specific major bilateral confrontation identified in this assessment. The available breadth of concrete cooperation supports a modestly cooperative characterization, while the agreements' scope and 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
El Salvador and Qatar have pursued bilateral engagement, including a 2019 visit by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to Qatar and the signing of cooperation agreements. This supports a modestly cooperative assessment, though the scope and follow-through of that cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
President Nayib Bukele visited Qatar, and the two governments signed cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of subsequent government-to-government cooperation are limited.