Foreign relations of Togo

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Politics of Togo Although Togo's foreign policy is nonaligned, it has strong historical and cultural ties with western Europe, especially France and Germany. Togo is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, exchanging high commissioners with other Commonwealth countries. It recognizes the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and Cuba, and re-established relations with Israel in 1987.

Togo pursues an active foreign policy and participates in many international organizations. It is particularly active in West African regional affairs and in the African Union. Relations between Togo and neighboring states are generally good.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Togo maintains diplomatic relations with:

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Bilateral relations

Country	Formal Relations Began	Notes
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	1961	Belgium is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Cotonou, Benin. Togo has an embassy in Brussels.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	26 October 1962	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 October 1962<ref name=":10">Template:Cite web</ref> Brazil has an embassy in Lomé. Togo has an embassy in Brasília.
Template:Flag	7 June 1962	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 June 1962<ref name=":7">Template:Cite web</ref> Canada has a high commission in Lomé. Togo has a high commission in Ottawa.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	19 September 1972	See China–Togo relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 September 1972<ref name=":17">Template:Cite web</ref> China has an embassy in Lomé. Togo has an embassy in Beijing.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag	24 September 2015	Cyprus is accredited to Togo from its high commission in Paris, France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	27 April 1960	See France–Togo relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> France has an embassy in Lomé. Togo has an embassy in Paris.
Template:Flag	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.
Template:Flag	27 April 1960	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> See Germany–Togo relations Germany has an embassy in Lomé. Togo has an embassy in Berlin.
Template:Flag	21 January 1963	See Ghana–Togo relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 January 1963.<ref name=":12">Template:Cite book</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 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">Template:Cite news</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.[1]</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.
Template:Flag	31 August 1962	See India–Togo relations Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 August 1962<ref name=":9">Template:Cite book</ref> India has a high commission in Lomé. Togo has a high commission in New Delhi.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref> Togo severed ties with Israel on 21 September 1973.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Diplomatic relations were re-established on 9 June 1987.<ref>Template:Cite book</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>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="eiu.com">Template:Cite web</ref> In December 2017, Togo voted at the UN to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.<ref name="eiu.com" />
Template:Flag	29 May 1967	Japan is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Togo has an embassy in Tokyo.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	6 October 2010	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 October 2010 when has been opened Embassy of Togo in Kuwait.<ref name=":27">Template:Cite web</ref> Kuwait is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Cotonou, Benin. Togo has an embassy in Kuwait City.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	3 November 1973	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 November 1973.<ref name=":18">Template:Cite book</ref> Libya has an embassy in Lomé. Togo had an embassy in Tripoli, which closed in 2015.
Template:Flag	25 October 1975	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 October 1975<ref name=":19">Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag	5 October 1961	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 October 1961<ref name=":6">Template:Cite book</ref> Netherlands is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Accra, Ghana. Togo is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
Template:Flag	1962	Nigeria has a high commission in Lomé. Togo has a high commission in Abuja.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag		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.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	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.
Template:Flag	26 July 1963	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 July 1963,<ref name=":13">Template:Cite web</ref> but severed 16 September 1974 and re-established on 23 January 1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Flag	22 October 1965	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 October 1965<ref name=":15">Template:Cite web</ref> Spain is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Accra, Ghana. Togo is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag	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">Template:Cite web</ref> Trade volume between the two countries was $106 million USD in 2019.<ref name="auto93" />
Template:Flag	27 April 1960	Togo established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 27 April 1960.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Failed verification Togo maintains a 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>Template:Cite web</ref> Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Commonwealth, and the World Trade Organization.
Template:Flag	27 April 1960	Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 April 1960<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</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 trading partners. The largest share of U.S. exports to Togo generally has been used clothing and scrap textiles. Other important U.S. exports include rice, wheat, shoes, and tobacco products, and U.S. personal computers and other office electronics are becoming more widely used. Togo has an embassy in Washington, D.C. United States has an embassy in Lomé.

See also

• List of diplomatic missions in Togo
• List of diplomatic missions of Togo