Editing Foreign relations of Chad (section)

===Europe===
Chad is officially non-aligned but maintains close relations with [[France]], its former colonial power, which has about 1,200 troops stationed in the capital [[N'Djamena]]. It receives economic aid from countries of the [[European Community]], the [[United States]], and various international organizations. [[Libya]] supplies aid and has an ambassador resident in [[N'Djamena]]. Traditionally strong ties with the Western community have weakened over the past two years due to a dispute between the [[Government of Chad]] and the [[World Bank]] over how the profits from Chad's petroleum reserves are allocated. Although oil output to the West has resumed and the dispute has officially been resolved, resentment towards what the Déby administration considered "foreign meddling" lingers.

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|Austria is represented in Chad through its embassy in [[Abuja]], Nigeria.<ref name="BMEIA-DirectoryReps">{{cite web |title=Directory of Austrian Representations |url=https://www.bmeia.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/oracle/oe_vertretungen_en.pdf |access-date=14 March 2023 |publisher=Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of Austria}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Denmark}}
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|Denmark is represented in Chad through its embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.<ref name="MFADen-BK">{{cite web |title=Danmark i Tchad |url=https://tchad.um.dk |access-date=22 March 2023 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark |language=da}}</ref>
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|{{flag|France}}||12 August 1960||See [[Chad–France relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 August 1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs, envoyes extraordinaires, ministres plenipotentiaires et charge d'affaires de France a l'etranger depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=diplomatie.gouv.fr}}</ref>

France was Chad's most important [[foreign aid|foreign donor]] and patron for the first three decades following [[Decolonization in Chad#French federation versus full independence|independence]] in 1960.<ref name=":0" /> At the end of the 1980s, economic ties were still strong, and France provided development assistance in the form of loans and grants.<ref name=":0" /> It was no longer Chad's leading customer for [[Agriculture in Chad|agricultural exports]], but it continued to provide substantial military support.

Chad remained a member of the [[African Financial Community]], which linked the value of its currency, the [[CFA franc]], to the [[French franc]].<ref name=":0" /> French private and government investors owned a substantial portion of Chad's industrial and financial institutions, and the French treasury backed the [[Bank of Central African States]], which served as the central bank for Chad and six other member nations.<ref name=":0" /> Chad's dependence on France declined slightly during [[Habré]]'s tenure as president, in part because other foreign donors and investors returned as the war subsided and also because increased rainfall since 1985 improved food production.<ref name=":0" /> French official attitudes toward Chad had changed from the 1970s policies under the leadership of [[Giscard d'Estaing]] to those of the [[Mitterrand]] era of the 1980s.<ref name=":0" /> Economic, political, and strategic goals, which had emphasized maintaining French influence in Africa, exploiting Chad's natural resources, and bolstering [[francophone Africa]]'s status as a bulwark against the spread of Soviet influence, had been replaced by nominally [[anticolonialist]] attitudes.<ref name=":0" /> The [[1981 French legislative election|election]] in France of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] government in 1981 had coincided with [[History of Chad#The Habr.C3.A9 era .281982.E2.80.9390.29|conditions of near-anarchy in Chad]], leading France's Socialist Party to reaffirm its ideological stance against high-profile intervention in Africa.<ref name=":0" /> Hoping to avoid a confrontation with [[Libya]], another important client state in the region, President Mitterrand limited French military involvement to a defense of the region surrounding [[N'Djamena]] in 1983 and 1984.<ref name=":0" /> Then, gradually increasing its commitment to reinforce Habré's presidency, France once again increased its military activity in Chad.<ref name=":0" /> In 2024, Chad breaks its defense agreements with France, dating from 1966.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2024/11/29/le-tchad-rompt-ses-accords-de-defense-avec-la-france-un-camouflet-pour-paris_6419906_3212.html| title = 
Le Tchad rompt ses accords de défense avec la France, un camouflet pour Paris|work=www.lemonde.fr}}</ref>
* Chad has an embassy in Paris.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://ambatchad-paris.org| title = Embassy of Chad in Paris (in French)}}</ref>
* France has an embassy in [[N'djamena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-td.org|title=Ambassade de France au Tchad|work=ambafrance-td.org}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Netherlands}}||7 May 1962|| See [[Foreign relations of the Netherlands|Chad–Netherlands relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 May 1962 when accredited first Ambassador of Netherlands to Chad (resident in Leopoldville)<ref>{{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> 
* Chad is accredited to Netherlands from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
* Netherlands is accredited to Chad from its embassy in Khartoum, Sudan.
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|{{flag|Romania}}||15 July 1969|| See [[Chad–Romania relations]]

Chad–Romania relations were established on July 15, 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica CIAD |url=https://www.mae.ro/bilateral-relations/1913 |access-date=29 April 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe |language=ro}}</ref> However, neither country has an embassy in the other's capital, and although an agreement on trade was signed in 1969, followed by an agreement on economic and technical cooperation in 1971, {{As of|2007|lc=on}}, the volume of bilateral trade remained insignificant.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mae.ro/index.php?unde=doc&id=5530|publisher=Minister of Foreign Affairs|publication-place=Romania|date=May 2008|access-date=2009-03-26|title=Republica CIAD}}</ref>

In November 2007, Romania announced that they would deploy 120 troops to Chad and the [[Central African Republic]] in connection with [[United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad|a European Union peacekeeping mission]] there.<ref>{{cite news |title=Romanian prime minister approves mission to Chad |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-26 |url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201722422.02/ |agency=Agence France-Presse |website=EUBusiness.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219174855/http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1201722422.02/ |archive-date=February 19, 2008 }}</ref> Romania continued to condemn violence in Chad and blamed it on rebel groups.<ref name="BBC">{{citation|title=Romanian Foreign Ministry concerned about developments in Chad|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11EA69384BEB0298&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=February 5, 2008|access-date=2009-03-26|periodical=BBC News}}</ref> However, by mid-2008, Romanian defence minister [[Teodor Meleşcanu]] indicated that his country would not send further troops to the mission in Chad, stating that they had reached their limits and did not want involvement in a war theatre.<ref>{{citation|title=Romania not sending troops to 2009 EU Chad mission|periodical=BBC News|date=July 1, 2008|access-date=2009-03-26|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=121A8477A1DEFD70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}</ref>

Chad and Romania have almost identical flags.
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||{{Date table sorting|9 December 1960}}||See [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom]]

Chad established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the UK]] on 9 December 1960.<ref name="britain"/>{{failed verification|reason=The source does not state when Chad and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=March 2025}}
*Chad does not maintain an embassy in the UK.
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Chad through its embassy in [[N'Djamena]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-ndjamena|title=British Embassy N'Djamena|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=13 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305233711/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-ndjamena|archive-date=5 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[International Criminal Court]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership.<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |author=((Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)) |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|title=Country and regional development partnership summaries|website=GOV.UK|date=17 July 2023 |access-date=27 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526234739/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-development-partnership-summaries|archive-date=26 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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