Relationship dossier
Botswana
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Botswana–UAE relations include a bilateral tax-cooperation agreement.
Botswana toward United Arab Emirates
+15Botswana entered into a bilateral agreement with the United Arab Emirates to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete framework for economic cooperation.
United Arab Emirates toward Botswana
+15The United Arab Emirates entered into a bilateral agreement with Botswana to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete framework for economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a formal tax-cooperation framework. The available known features support a modestly cooperative characterization, though the extent of broader cooperation is 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
Botswana and the United Arab Emirates have pursued formal economic cooperation, including a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation. The known arrangement supports a limited assessment of cooperative government relations; the broader scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Botswana and the United Arab Emirates concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral tax agreement are unclear.
- The extent of other government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.