Relationship dossier
Cape Verde
Luxembourg
Relationship assessment
A bilateral development-cooperation partnership anchors Cape Verde–Luxembourg relations.
Cape Verde toward Luxembourg
+20Cape Verde has participated in bilateral development-cooperation arrangements with Luxembourg, providing a concrete basis for government cooperation. The scope of Cape Verde’s cooperation beyond these arrangements is unclear.
Luxembourg toward Cape Verde
+30Luxembourg has supported bilateral development-cooperation programmes involving Cape Verde, making development assistance a substantive element of its policy toward the country.
Overall relationship
+25Bilateral development cooperation provides a durable cooperative foundation, with Luxembourg supporting programmes involving Cape Verde and Cape Verde participating in the partnership. The scale and continuity of other bilateral cooperation 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
Cape Verde and Luxembourg have maintained a bilateral development-cooperation partnership, with Luxembourg supporting cooperation programmes involving Cape Verde. Cape Verde’s participation in this partnership is a concrete form of government-to-government cooperation. The scope and continuity of specific programmes are not clear enough to characterize the relationship as a close partnership.
Key developments
Bilateral development-cooperation arrangements established a framework for Luxembourg’s cooperation with Cape Verde.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of specific bilateral cooperation programmes are unclear.
- The extent of current Cape Verdean government cooperation with Luxembourg beyond the development partnership is unclear.