Relationship dossier
Austria
Egypt
Relationship assessment
Austria and Egypt have held high-level talks on economic cooperation, migration and regional issues.
Austria toward Egypt
+25In 2021, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for talks that included economic cooperation, migration and regional issues.
Egypt toward Austria
+25In 2021, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for talks that included economic cooperation, migration and regional issues.
Overall relationship
+25The bilateral relationship includes substantive high-level engagement, including talks on economic cooperation and migration. The scope and durability of practical joint initiatives remain unclear.
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
Austria and Egypt have engaged in high-level government talks on economic cooperation, migration and regional issues. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt in 2021. The known engagement supports a cooperative assessment, though the scope and continuity of bilateral initiatives are unclear.
Key developments
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt for talks covering economic cooperation, migration and regional issues.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and migration cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of sustained government-level cooperation beyond high-level meetings is uncertain.