Relationship dossier
Italy
Rwanda
Relationship assessment
Italy and Rwanda maintain economic and development cooperation, including an investment-protection framework.
Italy toward Rwanda
+15Italy has supported development projects in Rwanda through its development cooperation and participates in a bilateral investment-protection framework with Rwanda.
Rwanda toward Italy
+15Rwanda participates with Italy in a bilateral investment-protection framework, providing a formal basis for reciprocal economic engagement.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a bilateral investment-protection framework and Italian development cooperation in Rwanda. These provide a substantive, though relatively narrow, basis for engagement; the breadth and continuity of wider government 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
Italy and Rwanda have a bilateral investment-protection framework, and Italian development cooperation has supported projects in Rwanda. These arrangements indicate practical economic and development engagement, though the scope and continuity of government-to-government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Italy and Rwanda concluded a bilateral agreement for the promotion and protection of investments.
Major uncertainties
- The present scope and implementation of bilateral investment protections are unclear.
- Details of the scale and continuity of Italian government development cooperation in Rwanda are limited.