Relationship dossier
Cook Islands
France
Relationship assessment
Cook Islands–France ties include a bilateral maritime-boundary agreement
Cook Islands toward France
+15The Cook Islands negotiated a maritime-boundary agreement with France, providing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
France toward Cook Islands
+15France negotiated a maritime-boundary agreement with the Cook Islands, providing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a concrete bilateral arrangement on maritime boundaries, but its broader institutional and practical scope is unclear. The known features support a modest cooperative characterization rather than 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
Overview
The Cook Islands conducts its own foreign relations while remaining in free association with New Zealand. Its relationship with France includes a bilateral maritime-boundary agreement, a concrete area of cooperation. The known relationship supports a modest cooperative assessment, though its broader scope is unclear.
Key developments
The Cook Islands and France concluded a bilateral maritime-boundary agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond maritime-boundary arrangements is unclear.
- The extent of implementation or follow-up under the maritime-boundary agreement is unclear.