Relationship dossier
Iraq
Pakistan
Relationship assessment
Iraq and Pakistan have pursued practical cooperation, including agreements on trade, education and culture.
Iraq toward Pakistan
+20The Iraqi government participated in bilateral agreements and memoranda with Pakistan during Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s 2023 visit, including in areas such as trade, education and culture.
Pakistan toward Iraq
+20The Pakistani government hosted Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in 2023 and concluded bilateral agreements and memoranda with Iraq, including in areas such as trade, education and culture.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes concrete bilateral engagement and agreements, but the known cooperation is not sufficient to establish a close or deeply integrated partnership. The implementation and durability of the agreements 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
Overview
Iraq and Pakistan have pursued practical cooperation through bilateral political and economic engagement. During Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s 2023 visit to Pakistan, the governments signed agreements and memoranda covering areas including trade, education and culture. The scope and implementation of this cooperation are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani visited Pakistan, and the governments signed agreements and memoranda covering areas including trade, education and culture.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which agreements signed during the 2023 visit have been implemented is unclear.
- Details of ongoing security and economic cooperation between the governments are limited.