Relationship dossier
Hungary
Iraq
Relationship assessment
Hungary and Iraq maintain practical cooperation in security, assistance and economic engagement.
Hungary toward Iraq
+35Hungary has contributed military training for Iraqi forces in the international effort against ISIS and has supported Iraq through assistance and educational opportunities. These are concrete forms of government cooperation beyond diplomatic relations.
Iraq toward Hungary
+20The Iraqi government has engaged with Hungary on bilateral economic and security cooperation, including arrangements connected to training Iraqi forces. The scale and continuity of Iraqi participation are unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical security cooperation and Hungarian assistance, alongside bilateral economic engagement. These sustained areas of contact support a cooperative assessment, while the limited detail on implementation and continuity argues against characterizing the relationship as a close partnership.
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
Hungary has supported Iraq through military training for Iraqi forces as part of the international effort against ISIS, and through assistance and educational opportunities. The two governments have also pursued economic cooperation. These activities indicate practical cooperation, although the scope and continuity of bilateral programs are not fully clear.
Key developments
Hungary began contributing to military training for Iraqi forces as part of the international effort against ISIS.
Hungary and Iraq pursued bilateral economic cooperation through government-level engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Hungarian assistance and educational programs for Iraq are unclear.
- Details of Iraqi government participation in bilateral economic and security cooperation are limited.