Relationship dossier
Israel
Ivory Coast
Relationship assessment
Israel and Côte d’Ivoire maintain generally cooperative ties, including development and agricultural cooperation.
Israel toward Ivory Coast
+30Israel has provided development and agricultural cooperation to Côte d’Ivoire, including through its international development programs. Agreements associated with Netanyahu’s 2017 visit to Abidjan also covered practical bilateral cooperation.
Ivory Coast toward Israel
+30Côte d’Ivoire hosted Netanyahu’s 2017 visit to Abidjan and engaged in bilateral agreements on practical cooperation. The two governments restored diplomatic relations in 1986 after Côte d’Ivoire severed them in 1973.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines practical cooperation and diplomatic engagement with a significant historical interruption: Côte d’Ivoire severed relations with Israel in 1973 and restored them in 1986. The 2017 bilateral agreements and Israeli development cooperation indicate a generally cooperative structure, while the scope and durability of specific initiatives 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
Israel and Côte d’Ivoire have maintained bilateral relations and pursued practical cooperation, including Israeli development and agricultural assistance and agreements associated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2017 visit to Abidjan. Their ties were interrupted after Côte d’Ivoire severed relations with Israel in 1973 and restored in 1986. The present relationship is generally cooperative, though the scope and continuity of specific programs are unclear.
Key developments
Côte d’Ivoire severed diplomatic relations with Israel.
Côte d’Ivoire restored diplomatic relations with Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abidjan and the governments pursued agreements on practical bilateral cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of Israeli development and agricultural programs in Côte d’Ivoire are unclear.
- Details of implementation and follow-up for agreements associated with the 2017 visit are limited.