Relationship dossier
Brazil
Senegal
Relationship assessment
Brazil and Senegal maintain cooperative ties, including technical cooperation and a defense agreement.
Brazil toward Senegal
+30Brazil 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
+25Senegal has engaged Brazil through bilateral technical and defense cooperation arrangements and high-level exchanges, including President Abdoulaye Wade's visit to Brazil.
Overall relationship
+30The 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
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.
Key developments
Brazil and Senegal concluded a bilateral defense cooperation agreement.
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade visited Brazil, strengthening high-level bilateral engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral technical cooperation projects are unclear.
- The extent of defense cooperation under the bilateral agreement is uncertain.