Relationship dossier
Angola
Botswana
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation through a joint framework and sectoral agreements
Angola toward Botswana
+25Angola has engaged Botswana through a bilateral cooperation framework and agreements covering areas such as trade and development. The extent to which these arrangements have produced sustained practical cooperation is unclear.
Botswana toward Angola
+25Botswana has engaged Angola through a bilateral cooperation framework and agreements covering areas such as trade and development. The extent to which these arrangements have produced sustained practical cooperation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes a basis for structured bilateral cooperation through a joint framework and sectoral agreements, without clear evidence here of the depth or sustained implementation needed to characterize it as a close partnership.
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
Angola and Botswana have pursued bilateral cooperation through a joint cooperation framework and agreements in areas including trade and development. Their participation in regional institutions provides additional context, but the scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Angola and Botswana established a joint framework for bilateral cooperation and concluded sectoral agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.