Relationship dossier
Lithuania
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Practical bilateral cooperation, including Swiss support for development projects in Lithuania
Lithuania toward Switzerland
+20Lithuania has participated in bilateral cooperation with Switzerland, including arrangements for implementing Switzerland’s contribution to projects in Lithuania. The extent of other Lithuanian government initiatives toward Switzerland is unclear.
Switzerland toward Lithuania
+25Switzerland provided financial support for projects in Lithuania through its contribution aimed at reducing economic and social disparities in EU member states. Switzerland and Lithuania have also concluded practical bilateral agreements.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a cooperative foundation in practical agreements and Switzerland’s financial contribution to projects in Lithuania. These are substantive but do not, on the information available, indicate an unusually close or broad 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
Lithuania and Switzerland maintain cooperative bilateral relations, including cooperation connected with Switzerland’s contribution to reducing economic and social disparities in EU member states. The relationship also includes practical bilateral agreements. The cooperation is concrete but the breadth and continuity of wider government-to-government work are unclear.
Key developments
Switzerland’s contribution to reducing economic and social disparities in EU member states supported projects in Lithuania.
Lithuania and Switzerland concluded a bilateral agreement on the avoidance of double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the Swiss contribution are unclear.
- Details of current government-to-government cooperation are limited.