Relationship dossier
Lithuania
Spain
Relationship assessment
Practical defense cooperation, including Spanish participation in NATO air policing in Lithuania
Lithuania toward Spain
+35Lithuania has hosted Spanish aircraft and personnel participating in NATO air-policing missions in the Baltic region, providing a setting for Spain's contribution to regional air defense.
Spain toward Lithuania
+35Spain has deployed aircraft and personnel to Lithuania for NATO air-policing missions, contributing to the protection of Lithuanian and Baltic airspace.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship includes concrete, recurring defense cooperation through NATO air policing, with Lithuania hosting Spanish deployments and Spain contributing military resources. This provides a durable basis for cooperation, although the known bilateral activity is concentrated in security and the broader scope of direct 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
Lithuania and Spain cooperate through NATO air policing, with Spanish aircraft deployed to Lithuania to help protect Baltic airspace. Lithuania has hosted these Spanish deployments, while Spain has contributed military forces to the mission. Their cooperation is practical and defense-focused, within broader NATO and EU ties.
Key developments
Spanish aircraft deployed to Lithuania for NATO Baltic air-policing duties.
Spain again contributed aircraft to NATO air policing in Lithuania.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of additional bilateral defense and civilian cooperation is unclear.
- The scope and continuity of direct bilateral arrangements beyond NATO air policing are unclear.