Relationship dossier
India
Malta
Relationship assessment
India and Malta maintain cooperative ties, including tax cooperation and government engagement.
India toward Malta
+25India has pursued bilateral tax cooperation with Malta through a double taxation agreement and engaged with Maltese leaders. These actions indicate practical but limited cooperation.
Malta toward India
+25Malta has participated in bilateral tax cooperation with India through a double taxation agreement and high-level engagement with Indian officials. These actions indicate practical but limited cooperation.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a cooperative foundation in bilateral tax arrangements and government engagement. The known basis is practical but does not establish a broad or especially intensive 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
India and Malta maintain cooperative bilateral ties, including a double taxation agreement and high-level government engagement. The relationship has a practical economic and diplomatic basis, though the scope and continuity of cooperation across other policy areas are unclear.
Key developments
India and Malta concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic cooperation beyond tax arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of sustained cooperation across other policy areas is uncertain.