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Vatican City Cyprus

Relationship assessment

High-level engagement, including papal visits, marks the Holy See–Cyprus relationship.

Vatican City toward Cyprus

+20

The Holy See has engaged Cyprus through papal visits, including Pope Benedict XVI’s 2010 visit and Pope Francis’s 2021 apostolic journey, which included meetings with Cypriot officials and messages promoting dialogue and peace.

Cyprus toward Vatican City

+20

Cyprus received papal visits in 2010 and 2021, with the country’s officials engaging Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis during their visits. These occasions demonstrate active Cypriot participation in high-level bilateral engagement.

Overall relationship

+20

The relationship is characterized by high-level diplomatic and pastoral engagement, notably the two papal visits and meetings with Cypriot officials. The scope and continuity of cooperation beyond those occasions are less clear.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

The Holy See and Cyprus maintain a modest relationship marked by high-level engagement. Pope Benedict XVI visited Cyprus in 2010, and Pope Francis made an apostolic visit in 2021, meeting Cypriot officials and promoting dialogue and peace. The visits show substantive engagement, though the scope of sustained bilateral cooperation beyond these events is unclear.

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