Relationship dossier
Nauru
Solomon Islands
Relationship assessment
Limited evidence of cooperation through a shared regional fisheries arrangement
Nauru toward Solomon Islands
+10Nauru participates alongside Solomon Islands in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, which coordinates tuna-fisheries management and fishing effort among member governments. The extent of Nauru’s direct bilateral cooperation with Solomon Islands beyond this framework is unclear.
Solomon Islands toward Nauru
+10Solomon Islands participates alongside Nauru in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, which coordinates tuna-fisheries management and fishing effort among member governments. The extent of Solomon Islands’ direct bilateral cooperation with Nauru beyond this framework is unclear.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has a concrete cooperative basis in shared participation in a regional fisheries-management arrangement. The available basis for characterizing direct bilateral ties beyond that framework is limited.
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
Nauru and Solomon Islands participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional fisheries arrangement that coordinates management of tuna fisheries, including through limits on purse-seine fishing effort. This provides a concrete basis for cooperation, although the scope of direct bilateral engagement beyond that regional framework is unclear.
Key developments
Nauru and Solomon Islands participate in the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a regional arrangement for coordinating tuna-fisheries management.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of direct government cooperation outside regional fisheries arrangements is unclear.
- The countries’ recent implementation and coordination within shared fisheries arrangements are unclear.