Relationship dossier

Brazil Senegal

Relationship assessment

Brazil and Senegal maintain cooperative ties, including technical cooperation and a defense agreement.

Brazil toward Senegal

+30

Brazil has pursued technical cooperation with Senegal and entered into a bilateral defense cooperation agreement, providing a basis for government-to-government collaboration.

Senegal toward Brazil

+25

Senegal has engaged Brazil through bilateral technical and defense cooperation arrangements and high-level exchanges, including President Abdoulaye Wade's visit to Brazil.

Overall relationship

+30

The relationship has a cooperative structure built around technical cooperation, a defense agreement, and high-level engagement. The known cooperation is substantive but its breadth and implementation 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Brazil and Senegal have pursued bilateral technical cooperation and defense ties, including a defense cooperation agreement. High-level visits have supported engagement between the two governments. These arrangements indicate substantive but relatively limited cooperation; the breadth and implementation of bilateral programs are unclear.

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