Relationship dossier
Vatican City
Cambodia
Relationship assessment
Cordial diplomatic engagement, with limited detail on practical cooperation
Vatican City toward Cambodia
+15The Holy See has engaged Cambodia at senior level, including Pope Francis’s 2014 meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Cambodia toward Vatican City
+15Cambodia has engaged the Holy See at senior level, including Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 2014 meeting with Pope Francis.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes diplomatic ties and senior-level engagement, but the known interaction provides limited evidence of a broader or sustained program of bilateral cooperation.
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
The Holy See and Cambodia maintain diplomatic relations and have engaged at senior level, including a 2014 meeting between Pope Francis and Prime Minister Hun Sen. This supports a picture of cordial but relatively limited government-level engagement; the scope of practical bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Pope Francis met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Vatican.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of practical cooperation between the governments are unclear.
- The extent of subsequent high-level diplomatic engagement is unclear.