Foreign relations of Chad
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Chad is officially non-aligned but has close relations with France, the former colonial power, and other members of the Western community. It receives economic aid from countries of the European Community, the United States, and various international organizations. Libya supplies aid and has an ambassador resident in N'Djamena.
Other resident diplomatic missions in N'Djamena include the embassies of France, the United States, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan, Germany, the Central African Republic, Zaire, Nigeria, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Cameroon, and the European Union. A number of other countries have nonresident ambassadors. In 1988, Chad recognized the State of Palestine, which maintains a mission in N'Djamena. Chad has not recognized the State of Israel since former Chadian President François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye off broke relations in September of 1972. It is one of only a handful of states that maintain official relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) instead of the People's Republic of China.
With the exception of Libya and Sudan, with whom relations vary periodically, Chad generally has good rapport with its neighbors. Although relations with Libya improved with the presidency of Idriss Déby, strains persist. Chad has been an active champion of regional cooperation through the Central African Economic and Customs Union, the Lake Chad and Niger River Basin Commissions, and the Interstate Commission for the Fight Against the Drought in the Sahel.
Chadian-Sudanese conflict
On December 24, 2005, Chad declared itself as in a "state of belligerance" with neighboring Sudan. The conflict in the border region of Darfur has become an increasingly bi-national affair as increasing numbers of Sudanese flee to refugee camps in Chad, and Sudanese government troops and militias cross the borders to strike at both these camps and specific ethnic groups. Although the Government of Chad and the Government of Sudan signed the Tripoli Agreement on February 8, 2006, officially ending hostilities, fighting continues. See also: Battle of Amdjereme
Chad belongs to the following international organizations:
- UN and some of its specialized and related agencies
- Organization for African Unity
- Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
- African Financial Community (Franc Zone)
- Agency for the Francophone Community
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
- African Development Bank
- Central African States Development Bank
- Economic and Monetary Union of Central African (CEMAC)
- Economic Commission for Africa; G-77
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- International Development Association
- Islamic Development Bank
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Finance Corporation
- International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Labour Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- Intelsat
- Interpol
- International Olympic Committee
- International Telecommunication Union
- NAM; Organization of the Islamic Conference
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Universal Postal Union
- World Confederation of Labor
- World Intellectual Property Organization;
- World Meteorological Organization;
- World Tourism Organization
- World Trade Organization
International disputes
- Chadian-Sudanese conflict
- Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
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