Relationship dossier
Mauritania
Portugal
Relationship assessment
Mauritania and Portugal maintain modest cooperation, including in defense.
Mauritania toward Portugal
+15Mauritania entered into a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Portugal, providing a framework for cooperation between the governments.
Portugal toward Mauritania
+15Portugal entered into a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Mauritania, providing a framework for cooperation between the governments.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a concrete framework for bilateral defense cooperation, but its broader scope and practical implementation are unclear. The known relationship is cooperative without evidence here of a particularly extensive partnership or major bilateral confrontation.
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
Mauritania and Portugal have pursued modest bilateral cooperation, including an agreement on defense cooperation. The relationship appears cooperative in this area, though its broader scope and the implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Mauritania and Portugal concluded a bilateral defense cooperation agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of defense cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of cooperation in other bilateral fields is uncertain.