Relationship dossier
Latvia
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation through aviation and tax agreements, without evidence of a close strategic partnership
Latvia toward United Arab Emirates
+20Latvia has pursued bilateral economic and transport cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, including agreements on air services and the avoidance of double taxation.
United Arab Emirates toward Latvia
+20The United Arab Emirates has pursued bilateral economic and transport cooperation with Latvia, including agreements on air services and the avoidance of double taxation.
Overall relationship
+20The bilateral relationship has a practical cooperative basis in agreements supporting air connectivity and economic exchange. The known features suggest constructive but limited cooperation rather than a close strategic 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
Latvia and the United Arab Emirates have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements on air services and the avoidance of double taxation. These arrangements support connectivity and economic exchange, but the known bilateral engagement does not indicate a close strategic partnership.
Key developments
Latvia and the United Arab Emirates concluded an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation.
Latvia and the United Arab Emirates concluded an air services agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level government engagement is unclear.