Relationship dossier
Egypt
Morocco
Relationship assessment
Functional ties and regional cooperation, alongside differences over Western Sahara
Egypt toward Morocco
+25Egypt has maintained diplomatic and economic engagement with Morocco and cooperates with it in Arab and African forums. The extent of specific bilateral initiatives is unclear.
Morocco toward Egypt
+25Morocco has maintained diplomatic and economic engagement with Egypt and cooperates with it in Arab and African forums. The extent of specific bilateral initiatives is unclear.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines ongoing diplomatic and economic engagement with multilateral cooperation, but regional policy differences—especially concerning Western Sahara—limit closer political alignment. The overall relationship is functional rather than a close strategic 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 Morocco maintain diplomatic and economic ties and cooperate through Arab and African institutions. Their governments have generally kept relations functional, while differences over regional issues, particularly the Western Sahara dispute, have constrained closer alignment. The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not sufficiently clear for a stronger assessment.
Areas of tension
- Differences over the Western Sahara dispute and related regional diplomacy
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and security cooperation are unclear.
- The extent to which Western Sahara policy has affected recent bilateral engagement is uncertain.