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Relationship dossier

Kuwait Sri Lanka

Relationship assessment

Practical cooperation through labor migration and development assistance, alongside worker-welfare concerns

Kuwait toward Sri Lanka

+30

Kuwait has supported development in Sri Lanka through Kuwait Fund assistance, including financing for development projects. Kuwait also employs a substantial number of Sri Lankan migrant workers.

Sri Lanka toward Kuwait

+25

Sri Lanka has cooperated with Kuwait on labor migration, including arrangements related to Sri Lankan workers employed there. The scale and implementation of specific bilateral labor measures are unclear.

Overall relationship

+30

The relationship is grounded in sustained labor migration and Kuwait-backed development assistance, rather than a close strategic partnership. These practical ties support cooperation, while concerns about migrant-worker welfare temper the relationship.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Kuwait and Sri Lanka have maintained practical cooperation, particularly through Sri Lankan labor migration to Kuwait and Kuwait Fund development assistance to Sri Lanka. These ties provide a basis for a generally cooperative relationship, while worker welfare and employment conditions remain areas of concern.

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