Relationship dossier
Kiribati
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Renewable energy cooperation, with the wider bilateral relationship less clear
Kiribati toward United Arab Emirates
+20The Kiribati government worked with the UAE-supported Pacific Partnership Fund on a solar power project in Kiribati, providing a concrete instance of bilateral cooperation.
United Arab Emirates toward Kiribati
+35The United Arab Emirates supported renewable energy development in Kiribati through the UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund, including a solar power project.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical cooperation on renewable energy, with UAE support for a solar project in Kiribati. The known cooperation is concrete but appears limited in scope; the wider pattern of bilateral engagement 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 the United Arab Emirates have cooperated on renewable energy, including a solar power project in Kiribati supported through the UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund. This represents practical bilateral cooperation, though the relationship’s broader scope and continuity are unclear.
Key developments
The UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund supported a solar power project in Kiribati.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the renewable energy project are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government-to-government engagement is uncertain.