Relationship dossier
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, with a relatively limited bilateral partnership
Mexico toward Saudi Arabia
+20The Mexican government has pursued closer economic and sectoral cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including through bilateral discussions and agreements covering areas such as tourism, health, sports and culture.
Saudi Arabia toward Mexico
+20The Saudi government has engaged Mexico in bilateral discussions and agreements on investment and sectoral cooperation, including tourism, health, sports and culture.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes practical sectoral cooperation and efforts to broaden economic links, but its known institutional and cooperative scope is more limited than that of a close 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
Mexico and Saudi Arabia have pursued practical cooperation, including bilateral agreements and discussions on investment and sectoral ties. Their relationship appears cooperative but relatively limited in depth; no major bilateral confrontation is identified in the facts informing this assessment.
Key developments
Mexico and Saudi Arabia pursued a bilateral agenda that included agreements and cooperation in areas such as tourism, health, sports and culture.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of sustained government-to-government cooperation beyond sectoral initiatives is uncertain.