Relationship dossier
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Relationship assessment
Working relations include border cooperation and participation in regional electricity connections
Guinea toward Ivory Coast
+15Guinea has participated in cooperation with Côte d’Ivoire on border matters and in the regional electricity interconnection linking the two countries through the wider West African power network.
Ivory Coast toward Guinea
+15Côte d’Ivoire has participated in cooperation with Guinea on border matters and in the regional electricity interconnection linking the two countries through the wider West African power network.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship is characterized by practical cooperation on border issues and participation in regional electricity infrastructure linking the countries. These areas support a generally cooperative bilateral structure, although the scope and durability of direct cooperation are not 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
Overview
Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire have maintained working relations and engaged in bilateral cooperation on border matters. Their governments have also pursued coordination through regional electricity infrastructure linking the countries as part of the wider West African power network. The relationship appears cooperative, though its breadth and the implementation of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral border-cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of direct bilateral cooperation on electricity beyond the regional interconnection is uncertain.