Foreign relations of Togo

On 25 November 2016, both countries and Foreign Ministers met to discuss the next steps of establishing diplomatic relations at the 2016 La Francophonie summit.

• Brazil has an embassy in Lomé.
• Togo has an embassy in Brasilia.

Togo and China established diplomatic relations on 19 September 1972.^[1]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 20, 1993^[2][3].

Cyprus is accredited to Togo from its embassy in Paris, France^[4].

• France has an embassy in Lomé.
• Togo has an embassy in Paris.

Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 27, 2014.

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.^[5][6] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7][8] In December 2017, Togo voted at the UN to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.^[9]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 27, 1960^[10].

Togo recognized the Republic of Kosovo on July 2, 2014. Togolese foreign minister Robert Dussey visited Pristina on July 21, 2014, and signed three agreements with his Kosovar counterpart, Enver Hoxhaj, which established diplomatic relations and initiated economic, trade, and educational cooperation. ^[11]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 23, 2014^[12].

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 September 2014^[13].

Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 15, 2008^[14].

• 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.^[15]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on December 21, 2012^[16].

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.

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1960^[17].

Both countries established diplomatic relations on June 15, 2012^[18].

Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 13, 1997^[19].

Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Republic of Togo is July 26, 1963.^[20]

The Turkish embassy in Accra is accredited to Togo, while Togo’s embassy in Berlin is accredited to Turkey^[21].

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.

The U.S. maintains an embassy in Lomé.^[22]

Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 8, 1975^[23].