Relationship dossier
Qatar
Thailand
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties built around energy supply and labor cooperation
Qatar toward Thailand
+35Qatar has supplied liquefied natural gas to Thailand through a long-term arrangement involving QatarEnergy and Thailand's PTT. The two governments have also pursued cooperation in areas including labor and energy.
Thailand toward Qatar
+35Thailand has engaged Qatar through bilateral cooperation on energy and labor. Thailand's PTT entered a long-term LNG supply arrangement with QatarEnergy, providing a substantive commercial link between the countries.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has practical foundations in long-term LNG supply and bilateral cooperation on labor and energy. These arrangements support a cooperative overall character, although the wider scope and durability of government-to-government cooperation are 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
Qatar and Thailand maintain a cooperative relationship with practical energy and labor links. Qatar has supplied liquefied natural gas to Thailand through a long-term arrangement involving QatarEnergy and Thailand's PTT, while the two governments have pursued cooperation in areas including labor and energy. These ties indicate substantive engagement, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
QatarEnergy and Thailand's PTT entered a long-term liquefied natural gas supply arrangement.
Qatar and Thailand pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including labor and energy.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral government agreements beyond energy and labor cooperation are unclear.
- The current scale of Qatar-Thai energy and labor cooperation is uncertain.