Foreign relations of Gabon

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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Gabon has followed a non-aligned policy, advocating dialogue in international affairs and recognizing both parts of divided countries. Since 1973, the number of countries establishing diplomatic relations with Gabon has doubled. In inter-African affairs, Gabon espouses development by evolution rather than revolution and favors regulated free enterprise as the system most likely to promote rapid economic growth. Concerned about stability in Central Africa and the potential for intervention, Gabon has been directly involved with mediation efforts in Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Angola, and former Zaire. In December 1999, through the mediation efforts of President Bongo, a peace accord was signed in the Republic of Congo between the government and most leaders of an armed rebellion. President Bongo has remained involved in the continuing Congolese peace process. Gabon has been a strong proponent of regional stability, and Gabonese armed forces played an important role in the UN Peacekeeping Mission to the Central African Republic (MINURCA).

Gabon is a member of the UN and some of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank; Organisation of African Unity (OAU); Central African Customs Union (UDEAC/CEMAC); EC association under Lomé Convention; Communaute Financiere Africaine (CFA); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); Non-Aligned Movement; Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Gabon is also a member of the International Criminal Court with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military (as covered under Article 98).

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Gabon maintains diplomatic relations with:

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1 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[1]
2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Template:Dts[2]
3 File:Flag of France.svg France Template:Dts[3]
4 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Template:Dts[4]
5 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Template:Dts[5]
6 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Template:Dts[6]
7 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[7]
8 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Template:Dts[8]
9 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Template:Dts[9]
10 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Template:Dts[10]
11 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Template:Dts[11]
12 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[12]
13 File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[13]
14 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Template:Dts[14]
15 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Template:Dts[14]
16 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Template:Dts[15]
17 File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad Template:Dts[16]
18 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Template:Dts[17]
19 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Template:Dts[18]
20 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Template:Dts[19]
21 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Template:Dts[20]
22 File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Template:Dts[21]
23 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Template:Dts[22]
24 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Template:Dts[23]
25 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Template:Dts[24]
26 File:Flag of India.svg India Template:Dts[25]
27 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Template:Dts[26]
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28 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Template:Dts[28]
29 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger Template:Dts[29]
30 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Template:Dts[30]
31 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo Template:Dts[31]
32 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Template:Dts[32]
33 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin Template:Dts[33]
34 Template:Country data Democratic Republic of Congo Template:Dts[34]
35 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Template:Dts[35]
36 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Template:Dts[36]
37 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Template:Dts[37]
38 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Template:Dts[38]
39 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Template:Dts[39]
40 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Template:Dts[40]
41 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Template:Dts[41]
42 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Template:Dts[42]
43 File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Template:Dts[43]
44 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Template:DTS[44]
45 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya Template:DTS[45]
46 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Template:Dts[46]
47 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Template:Dts[47]
48 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Template:DTS[48]
49 File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Template:Dts[49]
50 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Template:Dts[50]
51 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Dts[51]
52 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Template:Dts[52]
53 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Template:Dts[53]
54 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Template:Dts[50]
55 File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania Template:Dts[54]
56 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran Template:Dts[55]
57 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Template:Dts[56]
58 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Template:Dts[57]
59 File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Template:Dts[58]
60 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Template:Dts[59]
61 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria Template:Dts[60]
62 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Template:Dts[61]
63 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[62]
64 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Template:Dts[63]
65 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Template:Dts[64]
66 File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe Template:Dts[65]
67 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Template:Dts[66]
68 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Template:Dts[67]
69 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Template:Dts[68]
70 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Template:Dts[69]
71 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Template:Dts[70]
72 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Template:Dts[71]
73 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Template:Dts[72]
74 File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Template:Dts[73]
75 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Template:Dts[74]
76 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Template:Dts[75]
77 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Template:Dts[76]
78 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[77]
79 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[78]
80 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Template:Dts[79]
81 File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Template:Dts[80]
82 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Template:Dts[80]
83 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Template:DTS[81]
84 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Template:Dts[82]
85 File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[83]
86 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Template:Dts[84]
87 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[85]
88 File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Template:DTS[86]
89 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[87]
90 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal Template:DTS[88]
91 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Template:DTS[89]
92 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Template:Dts[80]
93 File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Template:Dts[90]
94 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Template:Dts[80]
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95 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Template:Dts[92]
96 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Template:Dts[93]
97 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Template:Dts[94]
98 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Template:Dts[95]
99 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Template:Dts[96]
100 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Template:Dts[97]
101 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Template:Dts[80]
102 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Template:Dts[98]
103 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Template:Dts[99]
104 File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles Template:Dts[100]
105 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Template:Dts[101]
106 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Template:Dts[102]
107 File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Template:DTS[103]
108 Template:Country data North Macedonia Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[104]
109 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Template:Dts[80]
110 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Template:Dts[105]
111 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Template:Dts[106]
112 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Template:Dts[80]
113 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Template:Dts[80]
114 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Template:Dts[80]
115 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Template:Dts[107]
116 File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Template:Dts[80]
117 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[108]
118 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Template:Dts[109]
119 File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Template:Dts[110]
120 Template:Country data Georgia Template:Dts[80]
121 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Template:Dts[80]
122 File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Template:Dts[80]
123 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Template:Dts[111]
124 File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Template:Dts[112]
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125 File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[80]
126 File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[114]
127 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Template:Dts[80]
128 File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Template:Dts[80]
129 File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Template:Dts[115]
130 File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Template:Dts[80]
131 File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[116]
132 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Script error: No such module "Date table sorting".[117]
133 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Template:Dts[118]
134 File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica Template:DTS[119]
135 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru Template:Dts[120]
136 File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize Template:Dts[80]
137 File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Template:Dts[121]
138 File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Unknown
139 File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau Unknown
140 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Unknown
141 File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Unknown[122]
142 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Unknown
143 File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Unknown[123]
144 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Unknown

Bilateral relations

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada February 1962

Both countries established diplomatic relations in February 1962[124]

File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 20 April 1974 See China–Gabon relations

On 20 April 1974, China established diplomatic relations with Gabon.[126]

  • China has an embassy in Libreville.
  • Gabon has an embassy in Beijing.
File:Flag of France.svg France 18 August 1960 See France–Gabon relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 August 1960[127]

Since independence, Gabon has been "one of France's closest allies in Africa".[128] As of 2008, around 10,000 French nationals lived and worked in Gabon, while the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion of the French military is also stationed there.

  • France has an embassy in Libreville and a consulate-general in Port-Gentil.
  • Gabon has an embassy in Paris.
File:Flag of India.svg India See Gabon–India relations
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 10 March 1976 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 March 1976[131]
  • Gabon is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.[132]
  • Mexico is accredited to Gabon from its embassy in Abuja, Nigeria.[133]
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1 October 1962 See Gabon–South Korea relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1962[134]

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 25 February 1964 See Gabon–Spain relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 February 1964[135]

  • Gabon has an embassy in Madrid.
  • Spain has an embassy in Libreville.
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1 February 1963 See Gabon–Turkey relations

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 February 1963 when accredited first Ambassador of Turkey to Gabon (resident in Lagos) Fehmi Nuza.[136]

  • Gabon has an embassy in Ankara.[137]
  • Turkey has an embassy in Libreville.[137]
  • Trade volume between the two countries was US$38.9 million in 2018.[137]
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". See Gabon–United Kingdom relations

Gabon established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 9 December 1960.[138]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic Co-operation Pact,[141] Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization.

File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 17 August 1960 Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 August 1960[142]

See Gabon–United States relations

File:Embassy of Gabon, Washington, D.C.jpg
Embassy of Gabon in Washington, D.C.

Relations between the United States and Gabon are excellent. In 1987, President Omar Bongo made an official visit to Washington, DC. In September 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell made a brief but historic visit to Gabon to highlight environmental protection and conservation in the Central Africa region. This was followed by a visit to the White House by President Bongo in May 2004. The United States imports a considerable percentage of Gabonese crude oil and manganese, and exports heavy construction equipment, aircraft, and machinery to Gabon. Through a modest International Military Education and Training program, the United States provides military training to members of the Gabonese armed forces each year. Other bilateral assistance includes the funding of small grants for qualified democracy and human rights, self-help, and cultural preservation projects. U.S. private capital has been attracted to Gabon since before its independence.

See also

References

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