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Both countries established diplomatic relations in February 1962 [121] Gabon has an embassy in Ottawa, and has sent ambassadors since 1971. Canada is accredited to Gabon from its embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [122] China: 20 April 1974: See China–Gabon relations. On 20 April 1974, China established diplomatic relations with Gabon. [123]
Gabon's strategic resources, including uranium and oil, significantly shaped Franco-Gabonese relations during the 1960s. France relied on Gabon's uranium for its Force de frappe (nuclear deterrent) and, following the loss of French Algeria , on Gabon's oil to support its policy of energy independence .
Gabon and the United States are working to diversify and strengthen Gabon’s economy, expand bilateral trade, increase security in the Gulf of Guinea, and combat wildlife trafficking. Bilateral Economic Relations Gabon’s oil-reliant economy shows signs of recovering from its downturn due to COVID-19 and the decline in oil prices and demand ...
Gabon achieved its independence as the Gabonese Republic on August 17, 1960. The United States immediately recognized the new Gabonese Republic and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The new U.S. embassy in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, had been established two days earlier on August 15.
President John F. Kennedy with Ambassador of Gabon, Joseph Ngoua, 1961. U.S. private capital, almost if not entirely in the oil and natural resource sector, has been attracted to Gabon since before its independence. Relations between the United States and Gabon began following Gabon's independence from France in 1960.
The French Community in 1959.. Following the accession to independence of its African colonies beginning in 1959, [1] France continued to maintain a sphere of influence over the new countries, which was critical to then President Charles de Gaulle's vision of France as a global power (or grandeur in French) and as a bulwark to British and American influence in a post-colonial world.
The French Congo was sometimes known as Gabon-Congo. [3] It formally added Gabon on in 1891, [ 1 ] was officially renamed Middle Congo (French: Moyen-Congo ) in 1903, was temporarily divorced from Gabon in 1906, and was then reunited as French Equatorial Africa in 1910 in an attempt to emulate the relative success of French West Africa .
Gabon: See France–Gabon relations. Since independence, Gabon has been "one of France's closest allies in Africa". [163] 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. Gabon has an embassy in Paris ...