Ficha de relación
Benín
Nigeria
Evaluación de la relación
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Practical border-security cooperation alongside recurring trade friction
Benín hacia Nigeria
+15Benin participated in Operation Swift Response, a multinational border-security effort launched in 2019 that included Nigeria. This indicates concrete cooperation with Nigerian authorities on border enforcement.
Nigeria hacia Benín
+5Nigeria participated with Benin in Operation Swift Response in 2019. However, Nigeria's 2019 closure of its land borders, including the crossing with Benin, sharply restricted cross-border trade before the borders reopened in 2020.
Relación general
+10The relationship has a practical basis in cross-border security cooperation, but the 2019 border closure demonstrated substantial friction over trade and border enforcement. Cooperation and economic disruption are both central features of the bilateral relationship.
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- −100
- Hostilidad extrema y sostenida
- −50
- Considerablemente adversa
- 0
- Mixta o neutral, respaldada por información
- +50
- Considerablemente cooperativa
- +100
- Asociación excepcionalmente estrecha y sostenida
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Contexto de la relación
Panorama general
Benin and Nigeria have cooperated on border security, including through the multinational Operation Swift Response launched in 2019. Relations have also faced significant trade friction: Nigeria closed its land borders, including the border with Benin, in 2019 and reopened them in 2020. The relationship combines practical security cooperation with disputes over cross-border commerce and enforcement.
Áreas de tensión
- Nigeria's 2019 land-border closure, which restricted trade with Benin amid concerns about smuggling and border enforcement.
Acontecimientos clave
Nigeria closed its land borders, including the border with Benin, amid concerns about smuggling and enforcement.
Operation Swift Response began as a multinational border-security effort involving Nigeria and Benin.
Nigeria reopened its land borders, including the border with Benin.
Principales incertidumbres
- The scope and continuity of bilateral security cooperation after Operation Swift Response are unclear.
- The extent to which border-trade restrictions and enforcement practices continue to affect bilateral relations is unclear.