Relationship dossier
Kiribati
Nauru
Relationship assessment
Practical fisheries cooperation through a durable regional arrangement
Kiribati toward Nauru
+30Kiribati participates with Nauru in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, coordinating management of tuna fishing in their waters.
Nauru toward Kiribati
+30Nauru participates with Kiribati in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, coordinating management of tuna fishing in their waters.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship includes durable practical cooperation through the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional framework for coordinating tuna fisheries management. The breadth of direct cooperation beyond fisheries is 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
Kiribati and Nauru participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a durable regional fisheries arrangement that coordinates management of tuna fishing in their waters. This provides concrete evidence of practical cooperation, though the scope of other direct government cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Kiribati and Nauru participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional arrangement for cooperation on tuna fisheries management.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of bilateral cooperation outside regional fisheries management is unclear.
- The current scope and implementation of cooperation under the fisheries arrangement are unclear.