Relationship dossier
Egypt
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Relationship assessment
Practical water and development cooperation alongside Dutch human-rights concerns
Egypt toward Kingdom of the Netherlands
+20Egypt has engaged in bilateral water-management cooperation with the Netherlands, including through Egyptian-Dutch advisory and technical arrangements. The scale and continuity of this engagement are unclear.
Kingdom of the Netherlands toward Egypt
+20The Netherlands has supported bilateral water-management cooperation and development and business initiatives in Egypt. Dutch policy has also raised human-rights concerns regarding Egypt.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation in water management and development, alongside Dutch human-rights concerns about Egyptian governance. The available breadth and durability of these strands are uncertain.
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 the Netherlands maintain practical bilateral cooperation, notably on water management and related technical exchange. The Netherlands has also supported development and business initiatives in Egypt. Human-rights concerns have featured in Dutch policy toward Egypt, but the breadth and effect of these concerns on bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Areas of tension
- Dutch human-rights concerns regarding Egyptian governance
Key developments
Egypt and the Netherlands established bilateral cooperation on water management, including advisory and technical exchanges.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral water-management cooperation are unclear.
- The extent to which Dutch human-rights concerns have affected government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.