Relationship dossier
Russia
Tunisia
Relationship assessment
Russia and Tunisia have longstanding ties supported by cooperation agreements, including in military-technical affairs.
Russia toward Tunisia
+20Russia and Tunisia concluded a friendship and cooperation treaty in 1998, and signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation in 2016.
Tunisia toward Russia
+20Tunisia concluded a friendship and cooperation treaty with Russia in 1998 and signed a military-technical cooperation agreement with it in 2016.
Overall relationship
+20The bilateral relationship has durable formal frameworks and some practical cooperation, including a military-technical agreement. The known relationship is cooperative, but the breadth and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
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
Russia and Tunisia maintain a longstanding relationship that includes bilateral agreements and practical cooperation. A 1998 friendship and cooperation treaty and a 2016 agreement on military-technical cooperation provide concrete frameworks, though the scale and implementation of cooperation across other areas are less clear.
Key developments
Russia and Tunisia concluded a friendship and cooperation treaty.
Russia and Tunisia signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of military-technical cooperation are unclear.
- The current breadth of economic and other bilateral cooperation is uncertain.