Relationship dossier
France
Togo
Relationship assessment
France and Togo sustain longstanding development and defense cooperation alongside broader bilateral engagement.
France toward Togo
+35France has supported development cooperation with Togo and entered into a defense partnership agreement with the Togolese government in 2010. These are substantive forms of bilateral engagement, though the agreement's current scope and implementation are unclear.
Togo toward France
+35Togo entered into a defense partnership agreement with France in 2010 and has maintained government-to-government engagement in development and economic cooperation. The current extent and priorities of that cooperation are unclear.
Overall relationship
+40The enduring relationship combines development assistance, a formal defense partnership and broader bilateral engagement. These established areas of cooperation support a positive assessment, while the known facts do not indicate the depth or breadth of an exceptionally close strategic partnership.
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
France and Togo maintain a longstanding, substantive relationship shaped by development cooperation, defense ties and continuing political and economic engagement. A defense partnership agreement signed in 2010 formalized cooperation, while French development assistance provides an additional area of bilateral engagement. The partnership is significant but does not, on the known facts, amount to an exceptionally close alignment.
Key developments
France and Togo signed a defense partnership agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of the 2010 defense partnership agreement are unclear.
- The scale and priorities of recent French development cooperation with Togo are unclear.