Relationship dossier
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Relationship assessment
Saudi development assistance and practical cooperation underpin constructive ties.
Saudi Arabia toward Seychelles
+25Saudi Arabia has provided development assistance to Seychelles, including support for infrastructure, representing concrete government cooperation.
Seychelles toward Saudi Arabia
+15The Seychellois government has participated in practical bilateral cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including arrangements connected with development assistance; the scope of its broader engagement is unclear.
Overall relationship
+20Development assistance and practical government cooperation provide a constructive basis for the relationship. The known cooperation is meaningful but does not, by itself, establish a broad or especially 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
Saudi Arabia has provided development assistance to Seychelles, including support for infrastructure. The governments have also pursued practical bilateral cooperation. The known relationship is cooperative, although its breadth and implementation are not clear enough to characterize it as a close partnership.
Key developments
Saudi Arabia provided development assistance to Seychelles, including support for infrastructure.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of Saudi-funded development projects in Seychelles are unclear.
- Details of the governments’ broader bilateral cooperation are limited.