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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Togo's Relations with Neighbours
Togo has generally enjoyed good relations with its West African neighbours. However, relations with Ghana were strained when Eyadema and Jerry Rawlings were in power - both accused the other of supporting dissidents to their regimes. Both Benin and Ghana have periodically received refugees from the political instability in Togo. Relations with Ghana improved following the election of John Kufuor as President in Ghana, who enjoyed warmer relations with Eyadema. Eyadema was involved in conflict mediation in Sierra Leone (in the late 1990s) and more recently in Cote d'Ivoire. Togo contributed troops to the ECOWAS stabilisation forces in Guinea-Bissau in 1999 and in Liberia in 2003.
Togo's relations with the International Community
Togo has enjoyed close, if complex, relations with its two former colonial powers - France and Germany. Eyadema was particularly close to the French Gaullist tradition, having served in the French colonial army in the 1950s. He enjoyed good relations with President Chirac, who frequently defended his record. Relations with Germany on the other hand, and with the EU as a whole, were marked by controversy over democracy and human rights. Relations with the EU have improved considerably since the political reforms put in place since Eyadema’s death.
Togo is a member of the French backed Franc Zone organisation the Union Economique et Monetaire Oeust Africaine (UEMOA), and of the Libya backed organisation CENSAD (previously COMESSA).
Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA)
African Union
Relations with the UK
Bilateral relations between the UK and Togo are minimal. There is no development aid programme.
Diplomatic Representation
Togo has no resident diplomatic mission in the UK. The nearest Togolese Embassy is in Paris, which is accredited to the UK.
The British High Commissioner in Accra, Ghana, is accredited to Togo.
