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Relationship dossier

India Spain

Relationship assessment

India and Spain have expanded cooperation through a strategic partnership and defense-industrial collaboration.

India toward Spain

+35

India has pursued closer bilateral ties with Spain, including through the strategic partnership established during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2024 visit and cooperation on the C295 aircraft program.

Spain toward India

+35

Spain has pursued closer ties with India through the 2024 strategic partnership and cooperation with Tata and Airbus on C295 aircraft assembly in India.

Overall relationship

+35

The relationship combines a strategic partnership with concrete defense-industrial cooperation, including the C295 assembly project. These arrangements provide a basis for sustained engagement, although the overall breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

India and Spain have expanded bilateral cooperation through a strategic partnership and joint industrial cooperation. The 2024 launch of a Tata-Airbus C295 aircraft assembly facility in India highlighted defense-industrial ties. These developments indicate substantive cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of the partnership are not fully clear.

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