Relationship dossier
North Macedonia
Poland
Relationship assessment
North Macedonia and Poland have a friendly relationship, underpinned by bilateral cooperation and their shared NATO alliance.
North Macedonia toward Poland
+20North Macedonia’s agreement on friendly relations and cooperation with Poland provides a basis for bilateral ties. Its NATO membership since 2020 also places the two countries within a shared security alliance.
Poland toward North Macedonia
+20Poland has supported North Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration. The two countries’ shared NATO membership since 2020 provides an enduring framework for security cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20A bilateral agreement on friendly relations and cooperation, Poland’s support for North Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration, and their shared NATO membership provide a cooperative foundation. The extent of practical bilateral collaboration is less 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
North Macedonia and Poland maintain a friendly bilateral relationship, supported by a bilateral agreement on friendly relations and cooperation and by their shared NATO alliance since North Macedonia joined in 2020. Poland has supported North Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration. The relationship is cooperative, though the scope of practical bilateral cooperation is not clear.
Key developments
North Macedonia joined NATO, becoming an ally of Poland.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation under the friendly-relations agreement are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation beyond NATO and Euro-Atlantic integration is unclear.