Relationship dossier
Malta
Serbia
Relationship assessment
Malta–Serbia ties include bilateral cooperation on taxation
Malta toward Serbia
+15Malta participates in a bilateral agreement with Serbia to avoid double taxation, creating a framework for cooperation on tax matters.
Serbia toward Malta
+15Serbia participates in a bilateral agreement with Malta to avoid double taxation, creating a framework for cooperation on tax matters.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a concrete tax-cooperation framework. The available scope of bilateral cooperation and any significant disagreements are unclear, so the relationship is best characterized as modestly cooperative.
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
Malta and Serbia maintain a cooperative bilateral relationship, including a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation. The agreement provides a concrete framework for government cooperation, though the scope and breadth of other bilateral initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Malta and Serbia concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of additional bilateral agreements and their implementation is unclear.
- Details of recent government cooperation beyond the tax agreement are limited.