Relationship dossier
Egypt
Ivory Coast
Relationship assessment
Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire have expanded cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements across several sectors.
Egypt toward Ivory Coast
+25Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Abidjan in 2019, and the Egyptian government signed agreements with Côte d’Ivoire covering areas including defense, trade and investment.
Ivory Coast toward Egypt
+25The Ivorian government hosted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2019 and signed bilateral agreements with Egypt covering areas including defense, trade and investment.
Overall relationship
+25High-level engagement and agreements across several sectors provide a basis for practical cooperation. The breadth of implementation and durability of this 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
Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire have pursued practical cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements covering areas including defense, trade, investment and other sectors. The 2019 visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Abidjan marked a notable step in expanding bilateral cooperation. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Abidjan, where Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire signed agreements covering several areas of cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and scope of agreements signed during the 2019 visit are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral cooperation beyond the 2019 agreements is unclear.