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Relationship dossier

Cyprus Switzerland

Relationship assessment

Practical tax cooperation and Swiss facilitation of Cyprus settlement talks

Cyprus toward Switzerland

+25

Cyprus entered into a double taxation agreement with Switzerland, providing a concrete framework for bilateral fiscal cooperation.

Switzerland toward Cyprus

+30

Switzerland hosted negotiations on the Cyprus settlement, including talks at Mont Pèlerin in 2016 and Crans-Montana in 2017, providing diplomatic support for efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue.

Overall relationship

+25

The relationship includes a durable tax-cooperation framework and Swiss diplomatic facilitation of Cyprus settlement negotiations. These are meaningful but focused areas of cooperation; the wider scope of bilateral engagement is less clear.

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

Cyprus and Switzerland maintain practical bilateral cooperation, including a double taxation agreement, and Switzerland has hosted negotiations related to the Cyprus settlement. These provide concrete evidence of cooperation, although the scope and continuity of wider government-to-government cooperation are less clear.

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