Relationship dossier
Eritrea
Syria
Relationship assessment
Official engagement and Eritrean support for Syrian sovereignty, with limited clarity on the breadth of cooperation.
Eritrea toward Syria
+15Eritrean officials have supported Syria’s sovereignty and opposed foreign interference, and Eritrea’s foreign minister visited Damascus in 2018 for talks with Syrian officials.
Syria toward Eritrea
+10Syrian officials received Eritrea’s foreign minister in Damascus in 2018, providing a concrete instance of bilateral government engagement; the extent of further Syrian cooperation with Eritrea is unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has included official government engagement and Eritrean support for Syria’s sovereignty. The known interactions suggest modest cooperation, while the breadth and durability of bilateral arrangements remain 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
Eritrean and Syrian government engagement includes an Eritrean foreign minister’s visit to Damascus in 2018 and Eritrean support for Syria’s sovereignty. These actions indicate modest cooperation, but the scope and continuity of bilateral collaboration are unclear.
Key developments
Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh visited Damascus and met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of continuing government cooperation between Eritrea and Syria are limited.