Relationship dossier
Kenya
Sri Lanka
Relationship assessment
Kenya and Sri Lanka maintain practical but limited cooperation through bilateral arrangements.
Kenya toward Sri Lanka
+15Kenya has participated in bilateral arrangements with Sri Lanka addressing areas including tourism, culture and diplomatic training.
Sri Lanka toward Kenya
+15Sri Lanka has participated in bilateral arrangements with Kenya addressing areas including tourism, culture and diplomatic training.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes practical cooperation through agreements and memoranda in several fields, but its breadth and implementation are unclear. The available features support a modestly cooperative characterization rather than a close 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
Kenya and Sri Lanka have pursued bilateral cooperation through agreements and memoranda covering areas including tourism, culture and diplomatic training. These arrangements indicate practical but relatively limited cooperation; the extent of their implementation and the breadth of current government engagement are unclear.
Key developments
Kenya and Sri Lanka concluded bilateral arrangements covering areas including tourism, cultural cooperation and diplomatic training.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation arrangements are unclear.
- Details of recent government-to-government cooperation are limited.