Relationship dossier
Malaysia
Maldives
Relationship assessment
Malaysia and the Maldives maintain practical cooperation, including technical training and reciprocal official-passport travel arrangements.
Malaysia toward Maldives
+20Malaysia has offered technical assistance and training opportunities to Maldivians through the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme. Malaysia has also participated in reciprocal arrangements allowing visa-free travel for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Maldives toward Malaysia
+15The Maldives has participated in reciprocal arrangements with Malaysia allowing visa-free travel for diplomatic and official passport holders, providing a concrete basis for government-to-government cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by practical cooperation, notably technical training support from Malaysia and reciprocal arrangements for official travel. These features indicate constructive bilateral ties, though the known examples do not establish a particularly extensive or intensive 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
Malaysia and the Maldives have a cooperative relationship, including Malaysian technical assistance and training opportunities for Maldivians through the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme. The governments have also maintained bilateral cooperation through arrangements such as reciprocal visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders. The known examples indicate practical but relatively limited cooperation.
Key developments
Malaysia provided technical assistance and training opportunities to Maldivians through the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme.
The governments agreed to reciprocal visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Malaysian technical assistance to the Maldives are unclear.
- The scope and implementation of other bilateral agreements are unclear.