Relationship dossier
Cyprus
Sri Lanka
Relationship assessment
Cyprus and Sri Lanka maintain modest practical cooperation, including through a bilateral tax agreement.
Cyprus toward Sri Lanka
+15Cyprus entered into a bilateral tax agreement with Sri Lanka, providing a concrete framework for fiscal cooperation.
Sri Lanka toward Cyprus
+15Sri Lanka entered into a bilateral tax agreement with Cyprus, providing a concrete framework for fiscal cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral tax agreement is a substantive area of reciprocal government cooperation. The broader relationship and the agreement’s practical implementation are less clear, limiting the basis for describing the partnership as extensive.
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
Cyprus and Sri Lanka have a bilateral tax agreement, reflecting practical government cooperation. The broader scope and continuity of bilateral engagement are less clear, so the relationship is best characterized as modestly cooperative.
Key developments
Cyprus and Sri Lanka concluded a bilateral tax agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral tax cooperation are unclear.
- Details of wider government cooperation between Cyprus and Sri Lanka are limited.