Relationship dossier
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Relationship assessment
Philippine–Sri Lankan ties include agreements on tourism, agriculture, education, and science and technology.
Philippines toward Sri Lanka
+20The Philippine government participated in bilateral agreements with Sri Lanka in areas including tourism, agriculture, education, and science and technology during Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s 2017 visit to the Philippines.
Sri Lanka toward Philippines
+20The Sri Lankan government pursued bilateral cooperation with the Philippines through agreements in areas including tourism, agriculture, education, and science and technology during President Maithripala Sirisena’s 2017 visit.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has included concrete agreements across several civilian policy areas and high-level engagement. The breadth of those arrangements supports a cooperative bilateral structure, though their implementation and durability are 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
Philippine–Sri Lankan relations include government-level cooperation in areas such as tourism, agriculture, education, and science and technology. A 2017 visit by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to the Philippines was accompanied by agreements in several of these fields. The known cooperation is substantive but its scope and implementation are unclear.
Key developments
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena visited the Philippines, with the two governments signing agreements covering areas including tourism, agriculture, education, and science and technology.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and lasting effects of agreements signed during the 2017 presidential visit are unclear.
- The scope of ongoing bilateral government cooperation is uncertain.