Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Rwanda
Relationship assessment
Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda have pursued practical cooperation, though its scope and follow-through are unclear.
Ivory Coast toward Rwanda
+20Côte d’Ivoire participated in bilateral cooperation agreements with Rwanda associated with President Paul Kagame’s 2018 visit to Abidjan, including arrangements in areas such as economic and technical cooperation.
Rwanda toward Ivory Coast
+20Rwanda participated in bilateral cooperation agreements with Côte d’Ivoire associated with President Paul Kagame’s 2018 visit to Abidjan, including arrangements in areas such as economic and technical cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a practical cooperative basis in bilateral agreements and high-level engagement. The scope and implementation of those arrangements, and the continuity of cooperation beyond that engagement, 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
Côte d’Ivoire and Rwanda have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements associated with President Paul Kagame’s 2018 visit to Abidjan. The relationship appears modestly cooperative, although the range and implementation of the arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
President Paul Kagame visited Abidjan, where Rwanda and Côte d’Ivoire pursued bilateral cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- Details of subsequent government-to-government cooperation are limited.