Foreign relations of Chad

Chad has important relationships with other countries. This is partly because of its oil resources and support for its former president, Idriss Déby.

Even though Chad is officially non-aligned, it keeps close ties with France, the country that once ruled it.

Chad’s relationships with its neighbors, Libya and Sudan, change from time to time. There have been conflicts between Chad and Sudan, with each side supporting different groups.

Besides Libya and Sudan, Chad usually gets along well with the other countries around it. These relationships help Chad get support and investment for its oil industry and other important matters.

Diplomatic relations

Chad has diplomatic ties with many countries around the world. These relationships help Chad get support and resources, especially for its oil industry. The country works closely with France, its former colonial power, and its relationships with nearby countries like Libya and Sudan change from time to time.


#	Country	Date
1	United States	11 August 1960
2	Germany	11 August 1960
3	France	12 August 1960
4	Philippines	22 September 1960
5	United Kingdom	9 December 1960
6	Israel	10 January 1961
7	Sudan	13 March 1961
8	Belgium	27 June 1961
9	South Korea	6 August 1961
10	Japan	6 December 1961
11	Canada	12 February 1962
12	Netherlands	7 May 1962
13	Nigeria	18 October 1962
14	Cameroon	1962
15	Libya	1962
16	Republic of the Congo	13 February 1963
17	Gabon	3 September 1963
18	Morocco	16 December 1963
19	Switzerland	16 December 1963
20	Lebanon	1963
21	Italy	13 February 1964
22	Central African Republic	29 February 1964
23	Luxembourg	28 April 1964
24	Russia	24 November 1964
25	Mali	15 January 1966
26	Serbia	1966
27	Czech Republic	5 February 1967
28	Ghana	23 July 1967
29	Tunisia	25 January 1968
30	Guinea	29 August 1968
31	Iraq	10 February 1969
32	North Korea	8 March 1969
33	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2 April 1969
34	Romania	15 July 1969
35	Syria	16 August 1969
36	Ethiopia	21 October 1969
37	Turkey	27 January 1970
38	Jordan	January 1970
39	Kuwait	31 March 1970
40	Egypt	September 1970
41	Yemen	10 November 1970
42	Iran	19 July 1972
43	Senegal	October 1972
44	Hungary	1 November 1972
45	Saudi Arabia	20 November 1972
46	China	28 November 1972
47	Rwanda	9 December 1972
48	Bahrain	10 December 1972
49	Qatar	13 December 1972
50	United Arab Emirates	7 April 1973
51	Pakistan	30 June 1973
52	Argentina	24 May 1974
53	Spain	7 February 1975
54	Algeria	18 August 1975
55	Greece	13 September 1975
56	India	18 October 1975
57	Mexico	25 February 1976
58	Uganda	8 September 1976
59	Benin	18 October 1976
60	Cuba	18 October 1976
61	Burundi	6 December 1976
62	Portugal	4 May 1977
63	Ivory Coast	15 November 1977
64	Austria	10 January 1978
65	Poland	5 January 1979
—	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (suspended)	4 July 1980
66	Vietnam	5 October 1981
67	Togo	10 April 1985
68	Colombia	29 September 1988
—	Holy See	28 November 1988
69	Oman	21 January 1989
—	State of Palestine	12 August 1989
70	Bulgaria	10 October 1989
71	Thailand	28 September 1990
72	Ukraine	27 July 1992
73	Kyrgyzstan	11 January 1993
74	Tajikistan	27 February 1993
75	Lithuania	10 August 1994
76	Uzbekistan	16 September 1994
77	Turkmenistan	4 October 1994
78	South Africa	21 October 1994
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 December 1994
80	Sweden	3 August 1995
81	Norway	13 November 1995
82	Latvia	23 April 1996
83	Brazil	8 October 1996
84	Denmark	23 October 1998
85	Kazakhstan	21 July 1999
86	Croatia	17 September 1999
87	North Macedonia	13 October 1999
88	Slovakia	20 April 2000
89	Ireland	30 June 2000
90	Belarus	20 August 2001
91	Cyprus	18 September 2002
92	Azerbaijan	5 April 2004
93	Iceland	14 April 2004
94	Venezuela	5 March 2005
95	Angola	23 June 2005
96	Burkina Faso	14 October 2005
97	Australia	19 December 2005
98	Armenia	26 December 2006
99	Djibouti	8 January 2007
100	Finland	21 March 2007
101	Kenya	26 May 2007
102	Cambodia	9 February 2010
103	Mongolia	3 April 2014
104	Georgia	19 June 2014
105	Botswana	9 February 2015
106	Montenegro	20 March 2015
107	Fiji	4 August 2015
108	Indonesia	22 September 2016
—	Kosovo	27 May 2018
109	Singapore	25 September 2018
110	Chile	26 September 2018
111	Estonia	27 September 2018
112	Namibia	13 March 2019
113	Liechtenstein	26 June 2019
114	Sierra Leone	13 February 2020
115	Gambia	31 August 2021
116	Eritrea	12 October 2021
117	Nicaragua	24 September 2021
118	São Tomé and Príncipe	3 March 2022
119	Zimbabwe	13 February 2023
120	Malawi	26 November 2024
121	Guinea-Bissau	17 January 2025
122	Malaysia	25 June 2025
123	Slovenia	1 August 2025
124	Zambia	4 September 2025
125	Bangladesh	26 November 2025
126	Brunei	Unknown
127	Equatorial Guinea	Unknown
128	Mauritania	Unknown
129	Niger	Unknown
130	Tanzania	Unknown

Bilateral relations

Africa

Chad works with its neighbors to help each other. This includes groups like the Central African Economic and Customs Union and projects for Lake Chad and the Niger River Basin. Work continues to fix border lines around Lake Chad to avoid fights between countries like Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.

Americas

Asia

Chad has old ties with Arab countries but had few close links in the 1980s. In 1972, Chad stopped relations with Israel. Later, in 2019, Chad and Israel started talking again and opened an embassy in Israel in 2023. In the 1980s, some Arab countries supported Libya in a fight over land called the Aouzou Strip, while others wanted peace. Algeria helped end this fight.

Europe

Chad is not officially linked to any group but has strong ties with France, its former ruler, which keeps troops in the capital, N'Djamena. Chad gets help from Europe, the United States, and other groups. Recently, there was a problem with the World Bank about how to use money from Chad's oil, but this has been fixed.

Oceania

Country	Formal Relations Began
Burkina Faso
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Kenya
Libya
Mali
Morocco
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sudan	15 March 1961
Tanzania
Zambia

Country	Formal Relations Began
Brazil	8 October 1996
Canada	February 1962
Cuba	9 June 1976
Mexico	25 February 1976
United States	11 August 1960

Country	Formal Relations Began
Brunei
China	28 November 1972
India	18 October 1975
Iran	19 July 1972
Iraq	29 April 1973
Israel	10 January 1961
Malaysia
Pakistan
State of Palestine
Taiwan
Turkey	27 January 1970
United Arab Emirates	7 April 1973