Relationship dossier
Iran
Mali
Relationship assessment
Iran and Mali have pursued economic and technical cooperation, including agreements signed during a 2008 presidential visit.
Iran toward Mali
+20Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Mali in 2008, and Iran signed bilateral cooperation agreements covering areas including agriculture, mining and energy.
Mali toward Iran
+20Mali hosted the Iranian president’s 2008 visit and concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Iran in areas including agriculture, mining and energy.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes concrete economic and technical cooperation, particularly the agreements concluded during the 2008 presidential visit. The known initiatives suggest a cooperative but bounded partnership; their implementation and the extent of later cooperation 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
Iran and Mali have pursued bilateral economic and technical cooperation. During Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2008 visit to Mali, the governments signed cooperation agreements covering areas including agriculture, mining and energy. These initiatives indicate practical but limited cooperation; the scale and implementation of the agreements are unclear.
Key developments
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Mali, and the governments signed cooperation agreements covering areas including agriculture, mining and energy.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the economic and technical cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral government cooperation are limited.