Relationship dossier
Latvia
Spain
Relationship assessment
NATO security cooperation, including Spain’s contribution to the multinational presence in Latvia
Latvia toward Spain
+20Latvia hosts Spain’s contribution to NATO’s multinational presence in Latvia, enabling Spanish forces to participate in the alliance’s security posture there.
Spain toward Latvia
+20Spain contributes forces to NATO’s multinational presence in Latvia, a concrete security commitment supporting Latvia’s defense.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes practical security cooperation through Spain’s contribution to NATO’s multinational presence in Latvia. This is a meaningful but primarily alliance-based feature; the scope of broader direct bilateral cooperation is 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
Latvia and Spain cooperate on security through NATO, including Spain’s contribution to the multinational presence in Latvia. Latvia’s hosting of that deployment provides a concrete setting for cooperation, though the extent of wider direct bilateral government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Spain contributed forces to NATO’s multinational presence in Latvia.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct bilateral agreements and cooperation beyond NATO security arrangements is unclear.
- The size and continuity of Spain’s contribution to the NATO presence in Latvia may vary over time.