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Relationship dossier

Cape Verde India

Relationship assessment

Cape Verde–India ties feature development cooperation, including Indian financing for projects in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde toward India

+15

Cape Verde has engaged in bilateral cooperation with India, including cooperation frameworks covering development-related areas. The scale of Cape Verdean government initiatives toward India is less clear.

India toward Cape Verde

+30

India has extended development finance for projects in Cape Verde, including a line of credit for solar energy, and has pursued cooperation in agriculture and other development areas.

Overall relationship

+20

The relationship is characterized by practical development cooperation, with Indian financing and bilateral engagement providing a substantive basis for ties. The known initiatives suggest a constructive relationship, but their overall scale and durability are not clear enough to characterize it as a close 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Cape Verde and India have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including Indian development finance for projects in Cape Verde and cooperation in areas such as agriculture and renewable energy. The relationship appears constructive, though its breadth and the implementation and long-term effects of individual initiatives are unclear.

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