Relationship dossier
Chad
France
Relationship assessment
A long-standing security partnership has been reshaped by Chad’s termination of its defense agreement with France.
Chad toward France
+5Chad cooperated with France through a long-running security relationship, then ended its defense cooperation agreement with France in late 2024 and required the departure of French forces.
France toward Chad
+20France provided military support to Chad under a long-running security relationship. After Chad ended the defense cooperation agreement in late 2024, France withdrew its forces in early 2025.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship has been shaped by decades of security cooperation and a significant French military presence, but Chad’s termination of the defense agreement and the subsequent troop withdrawal mark a major change in that structure.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Chad and France maintained a long-running security relationship, including French military support to Chad. In late 2024, Chad ended its defense cooperation agreement with France, and French forces withdrew in early 2025. The bilateral relationship therefore combines a substantial history of security cooperation with a recent break in that arrangement.
Areas of tension
- Chad’s decision to terminate the defense cooperation agreement with France
- The end of the French military presence in Chad
Key developments
Chad announced the termination of its defense cooperation agreement with France.
French forces withdrew from Chad following the termination of the defense agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of security cooperation between the governments after the French military withdrawal is unclear.
- The extent to which the termination of the defense agreement will reshape broader bilateral cooperation is uncertain.