Relationship dossier
Equatorial Guinea
Venezuela
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement has included high-level visits and cooperation agreements, including in energy.
Equatorial Guinea toward Venezuela
+30Equatorial Guinea hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2009 and concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Venezuela, including in energy and other sectors.
Venezuela toward Equatorial Guinea
+30Venezuela under President Hugo Chávez engaged in high-level bilateral talks in Equatorial Guinea in 2009 and concluded cooperation agreements with the Equatoguinean government.
Overall relationship
+30High-level engagement and bilateral cooperation agreements, including in energy, form the main features of the relationship. The extent to which those arrangements produced sustained practical cooperation is 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
Equatorial Guinea and Venezuela have pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level engagement and agreements in areas including energy and other sectors. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visited Equatorial Guinea in 2009, when the governments concluded cooperation agreements. The available details support a cooperative relationship, though the agreements’ implementation and the breadth of subsequent cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez visited Equatorial Guinea, and the two governments concluded cooperation agreements in several areas, including energy.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of government cooperation after the 2009 agreements is uncertain.