Equatorial Guinea–Turkey relations

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Equatorial Guinea-Turkey relations

Equatorial Guinea	Turkey

Equatorial Guinea–Turkey relations are the bilateral relations between Equatorial Guinea and Turkey. Turkey has an embassy in Malabo since June 1, 2018 and the embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Ankara opened in December 2018.^[1]

Following the publication of the French involvement in the training of the militia and the political police force of Francisco Macías Nguema, Turkey — along with Western allies and condemned France’s official policy in 1994.^{[citation needed]}

Since then, relations improved under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.^[2]

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
President Obiang Mbasogo	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	First Turkey–Africa Partnership Summit, Istanbul	August 18-21, 2008[1]
President Obiang Mbasogo	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	August 18-21, 2008[1]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	President Obiang Mbasogo	Second Turkey–Africa Partnership Summit, Malabo	November 19-21, 2014[1]
President Obiang Mbasogo	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Presidential Compound, Ankara	August 18, 2018[1]
President Obiang Mbasogo	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Presidential Complex, Istanbul	October 26, 2020[1]

• Trade volume between the two countries was US$23.8 million in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: US$20.2/3.6 million).^[1]
• There are direct flights from Istanbul to Malabo since February 7, 2020.^[1]

• Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea
• Foreign relations of Turkey