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Relationship dossier

France Montenegro

Relationship assessment

Cooperation through EU integration support, a strategic partnership, and shared NATO membership

France toward Montenegro

+25

France has supported Montenegro’s European Union integration and established a strategic partnership framework with Montenegro, providing a basis for bilateral cooperation.

Montenegro toward France

+20

Montenegro joined NATO in 2017 and participates in the alliance alongside France, creating a shared security framework. The extent of additional direct Montenegrin government cooperation with France is less clear.

Overall relationship

+25

The relationship combines French support for Montenegro’s European integration and a bilateral strategic partnership framework with shared NATO membership. These provide durable cooperative structures, although the breadth and implementation of direct bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

France has supported Montenegro’s European Union integration and bilateral cooperation has included a strategic partnership framework. Montenegro’s NATO membership places it in a sustained security relationship with France, though the extent of direct bilateral cooperation and its implementation are less clear.

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