Relationship dossier
Guinea
Russia
Relationship assessment
Guinea–Russia ties include a military-technical cooperation agreement and longstanding links dating to the Soviet era.
Guinea toward Russia
+20Guinea entered into a military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia in 2018, providing a concrete basis for bilateral security cooperation.
Russia toward Guinea
+20Russia entered into a military-technical cooperation agreement with Guinea in 2018. Soviet-era assistance and educational links also form part of the relationship's history.
Overall relationship
+20The bilateral relationship combines longstanding Soviet-era assistance and educational links with a 2018 military-technical cooperation agreement. The known features point to sustained, though not especially broad or intensive, cooperation; the agreement's current scope and implementation are 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
Guinea and Russia have maintained government-level ties that include a 2018 military-technical cooperation agreement. Their relationship also has roots in Soviet-era assistance and educational links. These features indicate concrete but limited cooperation; the scope and implementation of present-day bilateral arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Guinea and Russia concluded a military-technical cooperation agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the 2018 military-technical cooperation agreement are unclear.
- The extent of current government-to-government educational and technical cooperation is unclear.