Relationship dossier
Belarus
Guinea-Bissau
Relationship assessment
Belarus and Guinea-Bissau have begun expanding practical cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements.
Belarus toward Guinea-Bissau
+25Belarus hosted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló in 2024 and concluded agreements intended to expand cooperation, including in trade, agriculture and military-technical matters.
Guinea-Bissau toward Belarus
+25Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló visited Minsk in 2024 and engaged Belarusian officials in efforts to establish practical cooperation through bilateral agreements.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a foundation of high-level engagement and agreements intended to develop practical cooperation. Its scope and implementation remain unclear, and the available evidence points to an emerging rather than deeply established 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
Belarus and Guinea-Bissau have pursued practical cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements, including during President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s 2024 visit to Minsk. The relationship includes stated cooperation in areas such as trade, agriculture and military-technical matters, although its implementation and depth are unclear.
Key developments
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló visited Minsk and met with Belarusian officials; the two governments pursued agreements to expand cooperation in areas including trade, agriculture and military-technical matters.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of practical bilateral projects are uncertain.