List of diplomatic missions of Belgium explained

The Kingdom of Belgium is unique in having three networks of representation — one for the Belgian federal state, another for Dutch-speaking community and Flemish Region, and a third one for the French-speaking Community and the Walloon region, often comprising international missions of the Brussels-Capital Region and, more rarely, the German-speaking Community of Belgium. However officers representing the governments of the communities and Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia are usually co-located together with the diplomatic representation of Belgium, as most countries do not consider regions to be states.

Excluded from this listing are honorary consulates, representative offices of the communities and regions of Belgium, development offices, and trade missions. On the other hand, the trade mission in Taipei, known as the "Belgian Office, Taipei (BOT)" is included as it serves as a de facto embassy to Taiwan.

Current missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
AlgiersEmbassy[1]
AngolaLuandaEmbassy
CotonouEmbassy
OuagadougouEmbassy
BujumburaEmbassy
CameroonYaoundéEmbassy[2]
BrazzavilleEmbassy
KinshasaEmbassy
LubumbashiConsulate-General
CairoEmbassy
Addis AbabaEmbassy[3]
ConakryEmbassy
AbidjanEmbassy
NairobiEmbassy[4]
BamakoEmbassy
RabatEmbassy
MaputoDiplomatic office
NiameyEmbassy
AbujaEmbassy
KigaliEmbassy
DakarEmbassy
PretoriaEmbassy[5]
Cape TownConsulate-General
Dar es SalaamEmbassy
TunisEmbassy
UgandaKampalaEmbassy

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
Buenos AiresEmbassy
BrasíliaEmbassy
Rio de JaneiroConsulate-General
São PauloConsulate-General
OttawaEmbassy
MontrealConsulate-General
Santiago de ChileEmbassy
BogotáEmbassy
HavanaEmbassy
KingstonEmbassy[6]
Mexico CityEmbassy
Panama CityEmbassy
LimaEmbassy
Washington, D.C.Embassy[7] [8]
AtlantaConsulate-General
Los AngelesConsulate-General
New York CityConsulate-General

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
YerevanEmbassy[9]
BakuEmbassy[10]
BeijingEmbassy[11]
GuangzhouConsulate-General
Hong KongConsulate-General
ShanghaiConsulate-General
New DelhiEmbassy[12]
MumbaiConsulate-General
JakartaEmbassy[13]
TehranEmbassy
Tel AvivEmbassy
TokyoEmbassy[14]
AmmanEmbassy
AstanaEmbassy[15]
Kuwait CityEmbassy[16]
BeirutEmbassy
Kuala LumpurEmbassy
IslamabadEmbassy[17]
JerusalemConsulate-General[18]
ManilaEmbassy[19]
DohaEmbassy[20]
RiyadhEmbassy[21]
SingaporeEmbassy[22]
SeoulEmbassy[23]
TaipeiBelgian Office[24]
BangkokEmbassy[25]
AnkaraEmbassy
IstanbulConsulate-General
HanoiEmbassy
Abu DhabiEmbassy

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionConcurrent accreditation
ViennaEmbassy
SarajevoEmbassy[26]
SofiaEmbassy[27]
ZagrebEmbassy[28]
PragueEmbassy
CopenhagenEmbassy
BerlinEmbassy
HelsinkiEmbassy[29]
ParisEmbassy
MarseilleConsulate-General
AthensEmbassy[30]
RomeEmbassy
BudapestEmbassy
DublinEmbassy
RomeEmbassy
PristinaDiplomatic office[31]
Luxembourg CityEmbassy
ChișinăuEmbassy[32]
The HagueEmbassy
OsloEmbassy[33]
WarsawEmbassy[34]
LisbonEmbassy
BucharestEmbassy[35]
MoscowEmbassy
Saint PetersburgConsulate-General
BelgradeEmbassy[36]
MadridEmbassy
AlicanteConsulate
BarcelonaConsulate
Santa Cruz de TenerifeConsulate
StockholmEmbassy[37]
BernEmbassy
KyivEmbassy
LondonEmbassy

Multilateral organizations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionConcurrent accreditation
StrasbourgFrancePermanent Representation
BrusselsBelgiumPermanent Representation[39]
BrusselsBelgiumPermanent Representation[40]
OECDParisFrancePermanent Delegation
OSCEViennaAustriaPermanent Representation[41]
New York CityUnited StatesPermanent Mission[42]
GenevaSwitzerlandPermanent Mission[43]

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
BukavuConsulate-General2008[44] [45]
AccraEmbassy[46]
TripoliEmbassy2015[47]
CasablancaConsulate General2015
JohannesburgConsulate-General2015

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
La PazEmbassy2006[48]
TorontoConsulate-General2015
QuitoEmbassy2006
CaracasDiplomatic office2021

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
KabulEmbassy2015
DhakaEmbassy1990[49]
ChennaiConsulate-General2021
BaghdadEmbassyUnknown[50]
DamascusEmbassy2012[51]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionYear closed
NicosiaEmbassy2015
TallinnEmbassy2015[52]
LilleConsulate-General2015[53]
StrasbourgConsulate-General2015
CologneConsulate-General2015[54]
RigaEmbassy2015
VilniusEmbassy2015[55]
BratislavaEmbassy2015
LjubljanaEmbassy2015
GenevaConsulate-General2015

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Addresses of Belgian Embassies and Consulates abroad . 23 March 2016 . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Lista Diplomática 2021 . Diplomatic List 2021 . es . Directorate General of Protocol and Ceremonials, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Diaspora of Equatorial Guinea . 24 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Ethiopia . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in Kenya . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in South Africa . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Jamaica . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in the United States . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Permanent Observers . August 2009 . . 13 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Belgium . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia . 2 January 2024.
  10. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Azerbaijan . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  11. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in China . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  12. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in India . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  13. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Pakistan . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  14. Web site: Embassy and Consulates of Belgium in Japan . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  15. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Kazakhstan . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  16. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Kuwait . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  17. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Pakistan . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  18. Web site: Jurisdiction. Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem. 22 May 2020.
  19. Web site: Belgium in the Philippines . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  20. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Qatar . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  21. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Saudi Arabia . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  22. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Singapore . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  23. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in the Republic of Korea . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  24. Web site: Belgian Office, Taipei . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  25. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Thailand . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  26. Web site: Ambassades en consulaten . 2024-03-11 . FOD Buitenlandse Zaken - Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking . nl.
  27. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Bulgaria . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  28. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Croatia . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  29. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Finland . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  30. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Greece. Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  31. Web site: Diplomatic Office of Belgium in Kosovo . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  32. https://www.lecho.be/economie-politique/europe/general/en-moldavie-hadja-lahbib-mise-sur-un-elargissement-en-2030/10491047.html En Moldavie, Hadja Lahbib mise sur un élargissement en 2030 (in French)
  33. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Sweden and Iceland . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  34. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Poland and Lithuania . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  35. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Romania . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  36. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Serbia . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  37. Web site: Embassy of Belgium in Sweden and Latvia . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  38. Web site: Belgium in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  39. Web site: Permanent Representation of Belgium in the European Union . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . Dutch . 30 August 2021.
  40. Web site: Permanent Representation of Belgium to NATO . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  41. Web site: Permanent Representation of Belgium to the OSCE . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  42. Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  43. Web site: Permanent Representation of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs of Belgium . 30 August 2021.
  44. News: Heropening van het Consulaat-Generaal van Bukavu . VRT NWS . Dutch . 30 November 2007 . 17 September 2021.
  45. News: Belgium reopens consulate in Lubumbashi . VRT NWS . English . 14 September 2009 . 17 September 2021.
  46. Web site: INTERVIEW WITH H.E SENA SIAW-BOATENG, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA TO BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG AND THE EUROPEAN UNION | Perspectives. 6 April 2021 .
  47. Web site: Didier Reynders restructures the network of Belgian diplomatic missions . Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Belgium . 19 December 2014 . 30 August 2021 . 23 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723180802/https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/Newsroom/news/press_releases/foreign_affairs/2014/12/ni_191214_reorganisation_diplomatic_missions . live .
  48. News: Bélgica cierra embajadas en Bolivia y Ecuador pero sigue desarrollo . La Hora . Spanish . 17 May 2020 . 26 July 2021.
  49. News: Belgium keen on expanding economic ties with Bangladesh . 2021-07-28. The Independent . Dhaka.
  50. Web site: Iraqi FM discusses reopening Belgian embassy in Baghdad . Amr Salem . Iraqi News . 19 January 2023 . 23 February 2024.
  51. News: Belgium closes its embassy in Syria . . 29 May 2012 . 30 August 2021.
  52. Web site: Estonian-Belgian Diplomatic Relations 100 . Embassy of Estonia in Brussels . 30 August 2021.
  53. Web site: C'était une fois l'histoire d'un consulat de Belgique à Lille… . 16 June 2023 . French.
  54. Web site: Köln: Belgien schließt Konsulat in Köln. 5 March 2015.
  55. News: Last Belgian ambassador leaving Vilnius . Lithuania Tribune . 26 May 2015 . 14 August 2021.