India–Togo relations

Togolese President Gnassingbe Eyadema made a brief stopover in Calcutta, on his way to China, in 1989. He made an official state visit to India in September 1994. During the visit, the two countries agreed to establish Joint Commission. Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo led the Togolese delegations to the 6th CII-Exim Bank Conclave in India in March 2010, to the 12th Regional Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership in Accra on 3 June 2010, and to the 7th CII-Exim Bank Conclave in India in March 2011. Togo was a partner country at the India-Africa Conclave in New Delhi in March 2011. Houngbo stated during his visit that Togo wanted to learn from India's Green Revolution and its poverty alleviation schemes. Several Togolese ministers, members of Parliament, and senior presidential advisors have also visited India. From India, the highest level visits to Togo have been at the level of minister of state. Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar visited Lome in 1985 to attend an Inter-Parliamentary Conference. ==Cultural relations==

Indian citizen Chander Verma, Togo's former honorary consul in India, was awarded the Officer de Order de Mono, Togo's highest civilian honor given to individuals who show extraordinary merit, by President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe in June 2011. Students and professionals from Togo have attended capacity building courses at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and other Indian institutions. Togolese scientists visited India between June and December 2013 and participated in research studies under the CV Raman Research Fellowships Scheme. ==Economic relations==

Bilateral trade India is Togo's third largest destination for exports. In particular, India is a major importer of phosphates from Togo. Bilateral trade between India and Togo grew from US$505 million in 2011–12 to $884 million in 2014–15. Trade declined slightly to $757.28 million in 2015–16. India exported $532.19 million worth of goods to Togo, and imported $225.09 million in 2015–16. In March 2025, India's Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore entered talks for a three-year contract to import 250,000 metric tons of rock phosphate annually from Togo’s Societe Nouvelle des Phosphates du Togo. This would be the first long-term fertilizer deal between an Indian company and Togo. India, seeking to secure soil nutrient supplies for its agriculture sector, imported 1.1 million tons of rock phosphate from Togo in the 2023–24 fiscal year, a 30% increase from the previous year. Foreign aid India has provided assistance to Togo by providing the country with tractors, water pumps, sewing machines, ambulances, transport vehicles and corn-grinding machines. India provided Togo with a grant of in September 1994 to establish an agricultural project. At the request of the Togolese Government, India supplied the country with indelible ink for use in elections in 2002. India donated medicines to provide relief to victims of flooding in Togo in 2008. The Secretary of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) led an Indian delegation to Togo in December 2013. ICAR discussed establishing an Agricultural Seed Production-cum-Demonstration Centre in the country. ==Political relations==

Sunil James, the Indian captain of a Marshall Islands-flagged merchant ship MT Ocean Centurion made a stop at Togo on 31 July 2013 to report that his ship had come under attack from pirates on 16 July. However, Togolese authorities arrested James and two crew members, accusing them of allegedly aiding the pirates. James and another Indian sailor named Vijayan were released on 19 December 2013, following a meeting between the Indian High Commissioner in Accra and President Gnassingbe. India had requested James' release on "compassionate grounds" as his 11-month-old son had died on 2 December 2013, and his family was awaiting his return to perform the last rites. Five Indian employees of a merchant navy firm – Anthony Godwin, Shaji Abdulla Kutty, Tharun Babu, Nithin Babu and Navin Niravath Gopi – were arrested and jailed in Togo in July 2013. They were accused of being involved in a pirate attack off the coast of Togo. All five men were from the state of Kerala, and were arrested on board a ship sailing from Mumbai to South Africa. After the involvement of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, all five men were released by Togolese authorities on 1 February 2017. == Military relations ==