Relationship dossier
Saudi Arabia
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including bilateral agreements and Saudi humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe
Saudi Arabia toward Zimbabwe
+20Saudi Arabia has provided humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe, including through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre. This is a concrete area of government-supported engagement.
Zimbabwe toward Saudi Arabia
+20Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited Saudi Arabia in 2018, and the two governments pursued bilateral agreements and memoranda during that engagement.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes practical government engagement through bilateral agreements and Saudi humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. These forms of cooperation support a positive but limited assessment; the known facts do not indicate a comprehensive 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 and Zimbabwe have pursued practical bilateral cooperation, including agreements and memoranda discussed during Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2018 visit to Saudi Arabia. Saudi humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe has also provided a concrete area of engagement. The known cooperation is meaningful but does not establish a broad or especially close partnership.
Key developments
During President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the governments pursued bilateral agreements and memoranda.
Saudi Arabia provided humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements and memoranda are unclear.
- The extent and continuity of Saudi development and humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe are uncertain.