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LOME, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The European Union restored full economic cooperation with Togo on Thursday after a 14-year suspension, citing the successful holding of multi-party elections in the small West African state last month.

The European Union, Togo's biggest donor, froze most aid in 1993 citing the poor democratic record of the former French colony, which had suffered decades of authoritarian rule and periods of bloody unrest since independence in 1960.

The country held parliamentary elections on Oct. 14, in which President Faure Gnassingbe's ruling RPT party won a large majority, meeting one of the conditions set by the EU for normalising cooperation.

"Because of the progress achieved on the route to good political governance and the smooth running of the electoral process, the EU has decided to restart full and total cooperation with Togo," Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi, head of the European Commission delegation in Togo, told reporters.

Louis Michel, the EU's development and aid commissioner, said earlier this month after talks with Gnassingbe that full cooperation would be restored soon. (Reporting by John Zodzi; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Giles Elgood)

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