Cabo Verde's Foreign Policy and its Diplomacy in general can be summarized, overall, in the following pillars or structural axes of intervention:

• The Political Pillar (peace, security, defense, governance, and human rights defense);
• The Sustainable Development Pillar (economic, environmental, social, and cultural, including economic diplomacy, trade issues, and issues related to science, technology, and innovation - STI - and others of a global and sectoral nature);
• Regional Integration (sub-regional and inter-regional);
• The Mobility Pillar (Migration and Communities);
• The Codification of International Law Pillar.

Cape Verdean diplomacy, like that of any state, is exercised at the regional, multinational, and international levels.