Relationship dossier
El Salvador
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
El Salvador and the UAE have pursued cooperation through a broad package of bilateral agreements.
El Salvador toward United Arab Emirates
+30During President Nayib Bukele’s 2020 visit to the UAE, the Salvadoran government joined a package of bilateral agreements covering areas including investment, tourism, agriculture and education.
United Arab Emirates toward El Salvador
+30The UAE government concluded a package of bilateral agreements with El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2020 visit, covering areas including investment, tourism, agriculture and education.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes a concrete framework for cooperation across several sectors, most visibly through agreements concluded during the 2020 presidential visit. The scope of their implementation and the durability of cooperation are 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 the United Arab Emirates have pursued practical cooperation, including a broad package of bilateral agreements associated with President Nayib Bukele’s 2020 visit to the UAE. The agreements covered areas such as investment, tourism, agriculture and education. The known cooperation supports a positive assessment, though its implementation and breadth over time are unclear.
Key developments
President Nayib Bukele visited the UAE, where the two governments concluded a package of agreements covering several areas of cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and practical effects of the agreements signed during the 2020 visit are unclear.
- The extent of subsequent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.