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Relationship dossier

Italy Senegal

Relationship assessment

Italy and Senegal pursue development cooperation and bilateral agreements.

Italy toward Senegal

+35

Italy has supported development cooperation with Senegal and concluded further bilateral cooperation agreements during Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s 2024 visit to Dakar. The scale and implementation of this cooperation are unclear.

Senegal toward Italy

+35

The Senegalese government concluded bilateral cooperation agreements with Italy during Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s 2024 visit to Dakar. Details of Senegal’s broader government cooperation with Italy are limited.

Overall relationship

+35

Development cooperation and bilateral agreements form a cooperative basis for Italy-Senegal relations. The scope and implementation of these arrangements, and the extent of cooperation beyond them, 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Italy and Senegal maintain a cooperative relationship involving development assistance and bilateral agreements. Italy has supported development cooperation with Senegal, and the two governments concluded additional cooperation agreements during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s 2024 visit to Dakar. The scale and implementation of these arrangements, and the full range of bilateral cooperation, are unclear.

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