President Faure Gnassingbé sent his congratulations to Christine Lagarde, on Tuesday, designated a few hours earlier in the general direction of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
The President welcomed the "talent and experience" of Ms. Lagarde.
"Togo has begun to continue close cooperation with the IMF for several years and strengthen exchanges with the new leadership of the institution in order to establish the recovery," he said in a statement.