Relationship dossier
Italy
Lithuania
Relationship assessment
Constructive ties, reinforced by Italian participation in NATO air policing from Lithuania
Italy toward Lithuania
+35Italy has contributed aircraft and personnel to NATO Baltic Air Policing missions based in Lithuania, helping protect Lithuanian and regional airspace.
Lithuania toward Italy
+25Lithuania has hosted Italian aircraft and personnel participating in NATO Baltic Air Policing missions, providing the operating base and host-country support for the deployment.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines NATO and EU partnership with practical defense cooperation through Baltic Air Policing missions based in Lithuania. These arrangements provide a durable basis for cooperation, although the scale of other bilateral government initiatives is less clear.
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
Italy and Lithuania cooperate within NATO and the European Union, with a concrete bilateral security dimension through Italy’s participation in NATO Baltic Air Policing missions based in Lithuania. The cooperation supports Lithuania’s air security and reflects a constructive relationship, though the breadth of other bilateral government cooperation is less clear.
Key developments
Italian aircraft and personnel participated in a NATO Baltic Air Policing rotation based in Lithuania.
Italy again contributed aircraft to NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond NATO security arrangements is unclear.
- The continuity and scale of Italy’s future participation in Baltic Air Policing are uncertain.