Relationship dossier
Finland
Latvia
Relationship assessment
Finland and Latvia cooperate on defense and taxation within a wider European partnership.
Finland toward Latvia
+35Finland engages Latvia through bilateral defense cooperation and a tax treaty, supporting practical government-to-government ties.
Latvia toward Finland
+35Latvia engages Finland through bilateral defense cooperation and a tax treaty, supporting practical government-to-government ties.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines practical bilateral arrangements, including defense cooperation and tax coordination, with shared participation in European and transatlantic institutions. This supports a cooperative but not exceptionally close characterization.
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
Finland and Latvia maintain cooperative government relations, including bilateral defense cooperation and a tax treaty. Their partnership also operates within European Union and NATO frameworks, although broad membership alone does not capture the full scope or intensity of their bilateral cooperation.
Key developments
Finland and Latvia established a bilateral tax treaty that provides a framework for cooperation on taxation.
Finland and Latvia developed bilateral defense cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral defense cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation beyond defense and taxation is uncertain.