Entente - Definition and Overview

Entente, meaning a diplomatic "understanding", may refer to a number of agreements:

• The Entente Cordiale, 1904 between France and the United Kingdom.

• The Anglo-Russian Entente, 1907 between the United Kingdom and Russia.

• The Triple Entente, 1907 between France, Russia and the United Kingdom.

• The Little Entente, 1920 to 1938 between Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.

• The Council of the Entente, 1959 between Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger and (in 1966) Togo.

See also

• Détente