Relationship dossier
Bahrain
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Bahrain and Tunisia have pursued cooperation through high-level engagement and bilateral agreements.
Bahrain toward Tunisia
+20Bahrain received Tunisian President Kais Saied in 2022 and joined Tunisia in signing bilateral cooperation instruments, including in culture, education, youth and sports.
Tunisia toward Bahrain
+20Tunisia’s President Kais Saied visited Bahrain in 2022, where the Tunisian government joined Bahrain in signing bilateral cooperation instruments, including in culture, education, youth and sports.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes high-level engagement and agreements for cooperation across several civilian fields. These arrangements indicate practical cooperation, although their implementation and the breadth of sustained bilateral activity are 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
Bahrain and Tunisia have pursued practical cooperation through high-level engagement and bilateral agreements. During Tunisian President Kais Saied’s 2022 visit to Bahrain, the governments signed cooperation instruments covering areas including culture, education, youth and sports. The known engagement supports a cooperative assessment, though the scope and implementation of the arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
During Tunisian President Kais Saied’s visit to Bahrain, the governments signed cooperation instruments in areas including culture, education, youth and sports.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements signed during the 2022 presidential visit are unclear.
- Details of other sustained bilateral government cooperation are limited.