Relationship dossier
Morocco
Portugal
Relationship assessment
A sustained partnership grounded in a bilateral cooperation treaty and regular high-level engagement
Morocco toward Portugal
+50Morocco has maintained high-level bilateral engagement with Portugal and joined Portugal in a treaty of friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation. The two governments have also pursued cooperation through recurring bilateral meetings.
Portugal toward Morocco
+50Portugal has maintained high-level bilateral engagement with Morocco and joined Morocco in a treaty of friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation. In a 2023 joint declaration, Portugal described Morocco's autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship has a durable cooperative structure, including the 1994 treaty and recurring high-level meetings. Portugal's 2023 position on Morocco's Western Sahara autonomy proposal further reflects alignment on an important bilateral concern. The partnership is substantial, though its practical implementation across policy areas is not fully clear.
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
Morocco and Portugal maintain a substantially cooperative relationship supported by a 1994 treaty of friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation and recurring high-level meetings. Their governments have developed cooperation across several fields, and Portugal's 2023 joint declaration with Morocco described Morocco's autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution.
Key developments
Morocco and Portugal concluded a treaty of friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation.
A joint declaration during high-level bilateral engagement described Morocco's autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as a serious and credible basis for a solution.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation under the bilateral treaty are unclear.
- The extent of practical cooperation on migration and security is uncertain.