Editing Foreign relations of Togo (section)

==Bilateral relations==
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|27 September 1988
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 September 1988 when M. Brito Sozinho , Angola's Ambassador to Nigeria, presented his credentials to the Togolese Head of State, General Gnassingbe Eyadema.<ref name=":26">{{Cite book |title=NewsBulletin - Issues 87-114 |publisher=ANGOP |year=1988 |pages=10}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belgium}}||1961||

* Belgium is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Cotonou, Benin.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Brussels]].
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|{{Flag|Benin}}
|5 September 1983
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 September 1983 when Ambassador of Benin to Togo (resident in accra)  Mr. Lucien Tonoukoin presented his credentials to Head of State General Eyadema.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |title=Togo dialogue - Issues 74-88 |publisher=Imprimerie Editogo |year=1983 |pages=33}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Brazil}}||26 October 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 October 1962<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Cria uma Embaixada do Brasil na República do Togo, cumulativa com a Embaixada do Brasil na República de Gana |url=https://www.diariodasleis.com.br/legislacao/federal/77311-cria-uma-embaixada-do-brasil-na-republica-do-togo-cumulativa-com-a-embaixada-do-brasil-na-republica-de-gana.html |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=PORTAL DE LEGISLAÇÃO |language=pt}}</ref>
* Brazil has an embassy in [[Lomé]].
* Togo has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
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|{{flag|Canada}}||7 June 1962||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 June 1962<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Canadian Global Affairs Institute}}</ref>
* Canada has a high commission in [[Lomé]].
* Togo has a high commission in [[Ottawa]].
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|{{Flag|Chad}}
|10 April 1985
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 April 1985 when Ambassador of Chad Mr. Youssouf Nboudou Mbami presented his credentials to President of Togo.<ref name=":25">{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2056-2068 |publisher=1985 |pages=1007 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|China}}||19 September 1972||See [[China–Togo relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 September 1972<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |title=Togo |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/focac/183414.htm |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=china.org.cn}}</ref>

* China has an embassy in Lomé.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
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|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
|14 July 1970
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 July 1970 when Congo-Kinshasa's first Ambassador to Togo, Mr. Kondo Belan, presented his credentials to Head of State Etienne Eyadema.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |title=Africa |publisher=Agence France Presse |year=1970 |pages=2}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}|| 6 August 1984||The two countries maintain diplomatic relations and President of Togo [[Faure Gnassingbé]] visited the Republic of the Congo in November 2023 meeting Congolese President [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2023 |title=Relations diplomatiques entre le Togo et le Congo Brazzaville |url=https://www.republicoftogo.com/content/download/112436/2900871/1 |access-date=8 November 2023 |page=3 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Cyprus}}||24 September 2015||
Cyprus is accredited to Togo from its high commission in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/All/8542C308E4C83295C22582500037D5EC?OpenDocument|title=MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Cyprus – International Organizations|website=www.mfa.gov.cy|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|21 June 1968
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 June 1968 when Mrs. Johanne Wright , ambassador of Denmark to Ivory Coast and to Togo , presented his letters of credence to Togo.<ref name="La Documentation africaine">{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Afrique noire - Issues 514-526 |publisher=La Documentation africaine |year=1968 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|11 December 1982
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 December 1982 when Ambassador of Ethiopia (resident in Accra) Mr. Kasate Berham Babina presented letters of credence to President of Togo Gnassingbe Eyadema.<ref name=":21">{{Cite book |title=Le Mois en Afrique - Volume 17, Issues 194-199 |publisher=1982 |pages=158 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|France}}||27 April 1960||See [[France–Togo relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charges d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr |page=103 |language=fr}}</ref>

* France has an embassy in Lomé.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Paris]].
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|{{flag|Gabon}}||21 June 1968||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 June 1968 when Ambassador of Gabon to Togo (resident in Abidjan) Mr. Abdoulaye M'Bingt presented his credentials.<ref name="La Documentation africaine" />
* Gabon has a high commission in Lomé.
* Togo has a high commission in [[Libreville]].
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|{{flag|Germany}}||27 April 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Togo: Überblick |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/togo-node/togo/213834?view= |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |language=de}}</ref>
See [[Germany–Togo relations]]

* Germany has an embassy in Lomé.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
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|{{flag|Ghana}}||21 January 1963||See [[Ghana–Togo relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 January 1963.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |title=Africa Diary Volume 3 |publisher=M. Chhabra |year=1963 |pages=986}}</ref>

After 1918, following the defeat of Germany, the [[League of Nations]] divided the German colony of [[Togoland]] from north to south, a decision that divided the Ewe people among the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], [[British Togoland]], and [[French Togoland]]. After 1945, the [[United Nations]] (UN) took over the Togoland mandates.  During the 1950s, when the independence of [[Ghana]] was in sight, demands grew for a separate Ewe state, an idea that [[Kwame Nkrumah]], leader of the Gold Coast independence movement, opposed.  Following a UN plebiscite in May 1956, in which a majority of the Ewe voted for union with Ghana, British Togoland became part of the Gold Coast.<ref name="cs" /><ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4273845.stm|title=Impressions of Togo after the 'coup'|date=18 February 2005|access-date=30 December 2018|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>  After Togolese independence in 1960, relations between Togo and Ghana deteriorated, aggravated by political differences and incidents such as [[smuggling]] across their common border. At times, relations have verged on open aggression.<ref name="cs">Owusu, Maxwell. "Relations with Immediate African Neighbors".  ''A Country Study: Ghana'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]]''.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]</ref>

The result of the transfer of Togoland to Ghana has meant that many Togolese keep one foot on either side of the border, living in Ghana by night and working in the markets of the capital, Lomé, by day.<ref name="bbc" /> Ghana is the only Commonwealth member with which Togo shares a border. 

* Ghana has a high commission in Lomé.
* Togo has a high commission in [[Accra]].
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|{{flag|India}}||31 August 1962||See [[India–Togo relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |title=Indian Information |publisher=1962 |pages=578}}</ref>

* India has a high commission in Lomé.
* Togo has a high commission in [[New Delhi]].
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|{{flag|Israel}}||8 September 1960||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 September 1960 when has been accredited first Ambassador of Israel to Togo (resident in Accra) Mr. Moshe Bitan.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Togo Handbook |publisher=Togo Service de l'information |year=1962 |pages=66 |quote=Ambassade d'Israël S.E.M. Moshe Bitan ... 8 sept. 1960}}</ref> Togo severed ties with Israel on 21 September 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benyamin Neuberger |title=Israel's Relations with the Third World (1948–2008) |url=https://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/abraham/publications/israel.pdf |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=tau.ac.il |page=19}}</ref> Diplomatic relations were re-established on 9 June 1987.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Africa Today |publisher=Africa Journal Limited |year=1991 |pages=1860}}</ref>

In August 2017, Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] received Togo's President [[Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe]] in Jerusalem during his official five-day trip to Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bicom.org.uk/news/israel-african-relations-improve-togo-president-visits-israel/|title=Israel-African relations improve as Togo President visits Israel|website=BICOM|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="eiu.com">{{cite web|url=http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=464569630&Country=Togo&topic=Politics&subtopic=Forecast&subsubtopic=International+relations&u=1&pid=1145983698&oid=1145983698&uid=1|title=President visits Israel|website=country.eiu.com|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> In December 2017, Togo voted at the UN to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<ref name="eiu.com" />
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|{{flag|Japan}}||29 May 1967||

* Japan is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|9 April 1985
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 April 1985 when Ambassador of Kenya Mr. Kefa Onyoni presented letters of credentials to President of Togo, general Gnassingbe Eyadema.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 2056-2068 |publisher=195 |pages=1007 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Kuwait}}||6 October 2010||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 2010 when has been opened Embassy of Togo in Kuwait.<ref name=":27">{{Cite web |title=Bienvenue à l'ambassade du Togo à l'Etat du Koweït |url=http://www.ambatogokuwait.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514231709/http://www.ambatogokuwait.com/ |archive-date=14 May 2013 |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Ambassade du Togo au Koweit |language=fr}}</ref>
* Kuwait is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Cotonou, Benin.
* Togo has an embassy in [[Kuwait City]].
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|7 June 1962
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 June 1962 when first Ambassador of Lebanon to Togo (resident in Dakar) Mr. Mohammed Ali Hamade presented his credentials.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Afrique - Volumes 14-19 |publisher=Société internationale de publications commerciales, culturelles et artistiques |year=1962 |pages=64 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|29 July 1960
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 29 July 1960 when accredited first Ambassador of Liberia to Togo Mr. John Cox.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |title=Togo Handbook |publisher=Togo Service de l'information |year=1962 |pages=66 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Libya}}||3 November 1973||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 November 1973.<ref name=":18">{{Cite book |title=Africa Contemporary Record Annual Survey and Documents · Volume 6 |publisher=Africana Publishing Company |year=1974 |pages=63}}</ref>
* Libya has an embassy in Lomé.
* Togo had an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], which closed in 2015.
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||25 October 1975||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 October 1975<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=Hoy conmemoramos el 47 aniversario de relaciones diplomáticas entre México y Togo |url=https://twitter.com/SRE_mx/status/1584876174496464898?s=20 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México |language=es}}</ref>
* Mexico is accredited to Togo from its embassy in [[Abuja]], [[Nigeria]].
* Togo is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.togoleseembassy.com/|title=togoleseembassy.com&nbsp;-&nbsp;togoleseembassy Resources and Information.|website=www.togoleseembassy.com|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||5 October 1961||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 October 1961<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |title=Jaarboek van het Departement van Buitenlandse Zaken Volumes 69-72 |publisher=Netherlands. Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken |year=1961 |pages=99 |language=nl}}</ref>
* Netherlands is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Accra, Ghana.
* Togo is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
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|{{flag|Nigeria}}||1962||

* Nigeria has a high commission in Lomé.
* Togo has a high commission in [[Abuja]].
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|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|8 May 1964
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 May 1964 when M. Mir Muhammed Shaikh , Pakistan's first Ambassador to Togo , presented his credentials.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin Africa, political, social and cultural series · Volume 1 |publisher=Africa Research, Limited |year=1964 |pages=80}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Palestine}}||<!--Date started-->||
During the votes to admit Palestine to [[UNESCO]] as a member state in October 2011 and as Non-Member Observer State, in November 2012 Togo abstained from the voting.
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|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|1 June 1976
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1976 when Senegal's first Ambassador to Togo , Mr. Massamba Codou Diouf , presented his credentials to President  Eyadéma.<ref name=":20">{{Cite book |title=Africa Research Bulletin |publisher=Blackwell |year=1976 |pages=4051}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||13 January 1997||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 January 1997
* South Africa is accredited to Togo from its high commission in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
* Togo has a high commission in [[Pretoria]].
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||26 July 1963||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 July 1963,<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Togo |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/view.do?seq=178 |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref> but severed 16 September 1974 and re-established on 23 January 1991<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Togo and Republic of Korea as of 23 Jan 1991 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1632623?ln=en |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Spain}}||22 October 1965||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 October 1965<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Togo: RELACIONES BILATERALES CON ESPAÑA |url=https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Documents/FichasPais/TOGO_FICHA%20PAIS.pdf |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=exteriores.gob.es |page=5 |language=es}}</ref>
* Spain is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Accra, Ghana.
* Togo is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
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|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|27 December 1984
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 December 1984 when Ambassador of Tanzania major general S. H. Sarakikya presented his credentials to President of Togo.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens Issues 1991-2003 |publisher=1984 |pages=28 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}|| 6 December 1962||See [[Togo–Turkey relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 December 1962 when accredited first Ambassador of Turkey to Togo (resident in Accra) Mr. Kamran Acet.<ref name=":11" />
*Turkey has an embassy in Lomé.<ref name="auto93">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-togo.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Togo}}</ref>
*Trade volume between the two countries was $106 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto93" />
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||27 April 1960||Togo established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 27 April 1960.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=The Diplomatic Service List|author=Great Britain. Diplomatic Service Administration Office.|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8ofAAAAMAAJ|year=1970 |pages=136–149}}</ref>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Togo and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=January 2025}}
*Togo maintains a [[High Commission of Togo, London|high commission]] in London.
*The United Kingdom is not accredited to Togo through a high commission; the UK develops relations through its high commission in [[Accra]], Ghana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/togo|title=UK help and services in Togo|website=GOV.UK|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930032426/https://www.gov.uk/world/togo |archive-date=30 September 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,<ref>{{cite news|last=Politi|first=James|date=19 September 2023|title=US unveils Atlantic co-operation pact|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|access-date=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119085952/https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], and the [[World Trade Organization]].
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|{{flag|United States}}||27 April 1960||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Togo |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/togo |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>
See [[Togo–United States relations]]

The United States and Togo have had generally good relations since its independence, although the United States has never been one of Togo's major [[International trade|trading partners]]. The largest share of U.S. exports to Togo generally has been used [[clothing]] and scrap [[textile]]s. Other important U.S. exports include [[rice]], [[wheat]], [[shoe]]s, and [[tobacco]] products, and U.S. [[personal computer]]s and other office [[Consumer electronics|electronics]] are becoming more widely used.

* Togo has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* United States has an embassy in Lomé.
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