Relationship dossier
Ivory Coast
Zambia
Relationship assessment
Bilateral engagement has included high-level visits and cooperation agreements
Ivory Coast toward Zambia
+20Côte d’Ivoire engaged with Zambia through bilateral discussions and cooperation agreements associated with Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit to Abidjan.
Zambia toward Ivory Coast
+20Zambia pursued bilateral engagement with Côte d’Ivoire through President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit and agreements concluded during the visit.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has included high-level bilateral engagement and agreements, indicating a cooperative framework. The breadth and practical implementation of that cooperation are unclear, and the known examples do not establish a more extensive partnership.
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 Zambia have pursued bilateral cooperation through high-level engagement and cooperation agreements. Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s 2017 visit to Côte d’Ivoire included discussions with President Alassane Ouattara and the signing of bilateral agreements. The known examples indicate constructive engagement, though the agreements’ scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Zambian President Edgar Lungu visited Côte d’Ivoire and held bilateral discussions with President Alassane Ouattara; the visit included the signing of cooperation agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements associated with the 2017 visit are unclear.
- Details of subsequent bilateral government cooperation are limited.