Relationship dossier
Egypt
Malta
Relationship assessment
Egypt and Malta have a modest cooperative relationship, including an agreement on maritime delimitation.
Egypt toward Malta
+15Egypt concluded a maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Malta, establishing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
Malta toward Egypt
+15Malta concluded a maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Egypt, establishing a concrete framework for bilateral cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The maritime delimitation agreement is a durable bilateral arrangement and a concrete feature of the relationship. Wider cooperation is less clear, so the relationship is characterized by modest cooperation 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
Egypt and Malta have maintained bilateral engagement, including a maritime boundary delimitation agreement. This provides a concrete basis for a modestly cooperative assessment, though the scope of wider government cooperation and the agreement’s implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Egypt and Malta concluded a maritime boundary delimitation agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond maritime delimitation is unclear.
- Details of implementation of the maritime boundary agreement are limited.