Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

has put a premium on economic and political integration in southern

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. It has sought to make the

Southern African Development Community The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. Its goal is to further regional socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security coopera ...

(SADC) a working vehicle for economic development, and it has promoted efforts to make the region self-policing in terms of preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution, and

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. The SADC headquarters are located in

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

, the capital of Botswana. It has welcomed post-apartheid

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as a partner in these efforts. Botswana joins the African consensus on most major international matters and is a member of international organizations, such as the

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and the African Union. Botswana is also a member of the

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with a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the US-military (as covered under Article 98). Botswana has a small number of

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abroad.

Bilateral relations

Botswana and the
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Botswana has been a

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since independence in 1966.

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Embassy of the Russian Federation in Gaborone
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Bilateral relations

Botswana and the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...

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Botswana and the
Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...