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List of diplomatic missions of France
The French Republic has one of the world's largest diplomatic networks, and is a member of more multilateral organisations than any other country.[1][2]
Diplomatic missions of France
French Republic
Countries where France has an embassy
Countries where France does not have a diplomatic or consular mission
France's permanent representation abroad began in the reign of Francis I, when in 1522 he sent a delegation to the Swiss. Despite its reduced presence following decolonization, France still has substantial influence throughout the world.
Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
Current missions
Africa
- Algeria
- Angola
- Luanda (Embassy)
- Benin
- Cotonou (Embassy)
- Botswana
- Gaborone (Embassy)
- Burkina Faso
- Ouagadougou (Embassy)
- Burundi
- Bujumbura (Embassy)
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Praia (Embassy)
- Central African Republic
- Bangui (Embassy)
- Chad
- N'Djamena (Embassy)
- Comoros
- Moroni (Embassy)
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Brazzaville (Embassy)
- Pointe Noire (Consulate-General)
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
- Djibouti
- Djibouti (Embassy)
- Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Alexandria (Consulate-General)
- Equatorial Guinea
- Malabo (Embassy)
- Eritrea
- Asmara (Embassy)
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)[note 1][3]
- Gabon
- Libreville (Embassy)
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Accra (Embassy)
- Guinea
- Conakry (Embassy)
- Guinea-Bissau
- Bissau (Embassy)
- Ivory Coast
- Abidjan (Embassy)
- Kenya
- Nairobi (Embassy)
- Liberia
- Monrovia (Embassy)
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
- Antsiranana (Consular Office)
- Mahajanga (Consular Office)
- Toamasina (Consular Office)
- Mali
- Bamako (Embassy)
- Mauritania
- Nouakchott (Embassy)
- Mauritius
- Port Louis (Embassy)
- Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Agadir (Consulate-General)
- Casablanca (Consulate-General)
- Fez (Consulate-General)
- Marrakesh (Consulate-General)
- Tangier (Consulate-General)
- Mozambique
- Maputo (Embassy)
- Namibia
- Windhoek (Embassy)
- Niger
- Niamey (Embassy)
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Kigali (Embassy)
- Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
- Seychelles
- Victoria (Embassy)
- South Africa
- Pretoria (Embassy)
- Cape Town (Consulate-General)
- Johannesburg (Consulate-General)
- South Sudan
- Juba (Embassy)
- Sudan
- Khartoum (Embassy)
- Tanzania
- Dar es Salaam (Embassy)
- Togo
- Lomé (Embassy)
- Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
- Uganda
- Kampala (Embassy)
- Zambia
- Lusaka (Embassy)
- Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
Consulate-General in Alexandria
Embassy in Algiers
Consulate-General in Cape Town
Embassy in Dar es Salaam
Embassy in Praia
Embassy in Rabat
Embassy in Tunis
Embassy in Windhoek
Americas
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
- Bolivia
- La Paz (Embassy)
- Brazil
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
- São Paulo (Consulate-General)
- Recife (Consulate)
- Canada
- Chile
- Santiago de Chile (Embassy)
- Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- Costa Rica
- San José (Embassy)
- Cuba
- Havana (Embassy)
- Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
- Ecuador
- Quito (Embassy)
- El Salvador
- San Salvador (Embassy)
- Guatemala
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
- Haiti
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
- Honduras
- Tegucigalpa (Embassy)
- Jamaica
- Kingston (Embassy)
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Monterrey (Consulate-General)[6]
- Nicaragua
- Managua (Embassy)
- Panama
- Panama City (Embassy)
- Paraguay
- Asunción (Embassy)
- Peru
- Lima (Embassy)
- Saint Lucia
- Castries (Embassy)
- Suriname
- Paramaribo (Embassy)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Port of Spain (Embassy)
- United States
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- Atlanta (Consulate-General)
- Boston (Consulate-General)
- Chicago (Consulate-General)
- Houston (Consulate-General)
- Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
- Miami (Consulate-General)
- New Orleans (Consulate-General)
- New York City (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
- Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
- Venezuela
- Caracas (Embassy)
Embassy in Bogotá
Embassy in Buenos Aires
Embassy in La Paz
Embassy in Lima
Embassy in Mexico City
Embassy in Montevideo
Embassy in Ottawa
Building hosting the Consulate-General in Quebec City
Embassy in Paramaribo
Embassy in Port-au-Prince
Embassy in Santiago
Embassy in Santo Domingo
Consulate-General in New York City
Asia
- Armenia
- Yerevan (Embassy)
- Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
- Bahrain
- Manama (Embassy)
- Bangladesh
- Dhaka (Embassy)
- Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan (Embassy)
- Cambodia
- China
- Georgia
- Tbilisi (Embassy)
- India
- New Delhi (Embassy)
- Bangalore (Consulate-General)
- Kolkata (Consulate-General)
- Mumbai (Consulate-General)
- Pondicherry (Consulate-General)
- Indonesia
- Jakarta (Embassy)
- Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
- Kazakhstan
- Astana (Embassy)
- Kuwait
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek (Embassy)
- Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (Embassy)
- Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
- Myanmar
- Yangon (Embassy)
- Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
- Oman
- Muscat (Embassy)
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Philippines
- Manila (Embassy)
- Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Singapore (Embassy)
- South Korea
- Seoul (Embassy)
- Sri Lanka
- Colombo (Embassy)
- Tajikistan
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Tashkent (Embassy)
- Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
Embassy in Hanoi
Consulate-General in Istanbul
Embassy in Kathmandu
Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
Embassy in Muscat
Embassy in Singapore
Embassy in Tashkent
Embassy in Tel-Aviv
Consulate in Jerusalem
Embassy in Tokyo
Embassy in Ulaanbaatar
Embassy in Yerevan
Europe
- Albania
- Tirana (Embassy)
- Andorra
- Andorra la Vella (Embassy)
- Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
- Belarus
- Minsk (Embassy)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
- Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
- Cyprus
- Nicosia (Embassy)
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Tallinn (Embassy)
- Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
- Germany
- Berlin (Embassy)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
- Frankfurt (Consulate-General)
- Hamburg (Consulate-General)
- Munich (Consulate-General)
- Saarbrücken (Consulate-General)
- Stuttgart (Consulate-General)
- Greece
- Athens (Embassy)
- Thessaloniki (Consulate-General)
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
- Iceland
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
- Ireland
- Dublin (Embassy)
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Pristina (Embassy)
- Latvia
- Riga (Embassy)
- Lithuania
- Vilnius (Embassy)
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
- Malta
- Valletta (Embassy)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Monaco (Embassy)
- Montenegro
- Podgorica (Embassy)
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Skopje (Embassy)
- Norway
- Oslo (Embassy)
- Poland
- Portugal
- Lisbon (Embassy)
- Romania
- Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Saint Petersburg (Consulate-General)
- Yekaterinburg (Consulate-General)
- Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
- Slovenia
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Embassy in Athens
Embassy in Belgrade
Embassy in Berlin
Embassy in Brussels
Embassy in Bucharest
Embassy in Budapest
Embassy in Copenhagen
Embassy in Dublin
Consulate-General in Geneva
Embassy in The Hague
Embassy in Kyiv
Embassy in Lisbon
Embassy in London
Consulate-General in Edinburgh
Embassy in Luxembourg
Embassy in Madrid
Embassy in Minsk
Embassy in Moscow
Consulate General in Saint Petersburg
Embassy in Oslo
Embassy in Prague
Embassy in Reykjavík
Embassy in Riga
Embassy in Rome
Embassy to the Holy See in Rome
Embassy in Sarajevo
Embassy in Sofia
Embassy in Stockholm
Embassy in Tallinn
Embassy in Vienna
Embassy in Vilnius
Embassy in Warsaw
Consulate General in Kraków
Embassy in Zagreb
Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- Suva (Embassy)
- New Zealand
- Wellington (Embassy)
- Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby (Embassy)
- Vanuatu
- Port Vila (Embassy)
Embassy in Canberra
Embassy in Wellington
Multilateral organisations
- Bangkok (permanent delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
- Brussels (permanent representation to the European Union)
- Brussels (permanent representation to North Atlantic Security Organisation)
- Geneva (permanent representation to the United Nations and other international organisations)
- Geneva (permanent representation to the Conference on Disarmament)
- Geneva (permanent delegation to the World Trade Organization)
- London (permanent representation to the International Maritime Organization)
- Lefkoşa (Cultural office to North Cyprus)[8]
- Montreal (representation to the International Civil Aviation Organization)
- Nairobi (permanent representation to the United Nations and other international organisations)
- Nouméa (permanent delegation to the South Pacific Commission)
- New York City (permanent representation to the United Nations)
- Paris (permanent representation to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development)
- Paris (permanent representation to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
- Rome (delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization)[9]
- Strasbourg (permanent representation to the Council of Europe)[10]
- The Hague (permanent representation to the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons))
- Vienna (representation to the United Nations and other international organisations)
- Washington, D.C. (permanent delegation to the Organisation of American States)
- Washington, D.C. (permanent delegation to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
- Washington, D.C. (delegation to the International Monetary Fund)
- Washington, D.C. (delegation to the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development)
Non-resident embassies
- Belize (San Salvador)
- Bhutan (New Delhi)
- Eswatini (Pretoria)
- Guyana (Paramaribo)
- Lesotho (Pretoria)
- Malawi (Lusaka)
- Sierra Leone (Conakry)
- Somalia (Nairobi)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (Libreville)
- Timor Leste (Jakarta)
Embassies to open
Closed missions
Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Constantine | Consulate-General | 1991 | [13] |
| Cameroon | Garoua | Consulate | 2009 | [13] |
| Ivory Coast | Bouaké | Consulate | 1992 | [14][15] |
| Libya | Benghazi | Consulate-General | 1984 | [16] |
| Madagascar | Fianarantsoa | Consulate-General | 1991 | [15] |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Embassy | 1996 | [15] |
| Diplomatic office | 2013 | [17] | ||
| Senegal | Saint Louis | Consulate-General | 2010 | [17] |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Embassy | 1996 | [15] |
| Diplomatic office | 2014 | [17] | ||
| Zaire | Lubumbashi | Consulate | 1991 | [15] |
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Calgary | Consulate | 2009 | [18] |
| Edmonton | Consulate | 1996 | [15] | |
| United States | Denver | Consulate | 1969 | [19] |
| Honolulu | Consulate-General | 1996 | [15] | |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | Consulate | 1996 | [15] |
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Osaka | Consulate-General | 2009 | [13] |
| South Vietnam | Saigon | Embassy | 1975 | [20][21] |
| Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [22] |
| Yemen | Sana'a | Embassy | 2015 | [22] |
| Aden | Consulate | 1992 | [14][15] |
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Innsbruck | Consulate General | 1991 | [15] |
| Belgium | Antwerp | Consulate-General | 2011 | [13] |
| Ghent | Consulate | 1993 | [15] | |
| Liége | Consulate-General | 2011 | [13] | |
| Mons | Consulate-General | 1996 | [15] | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka | Liaison office | 2010 | [23] |
| Germany | Baden-Baden | Consulate | 1992 | [14][15][24] |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Consulate | 1992 | [14][15] | |
| Leipzig | Consulate-General | 1999 | [25][24] | |
| Mainz | Consulate-General | 1999 | [25][24] | |
| Italy | Florence | Consulate-General | 1996 | [15] |
| Trieste | Consulate-General | 1998 | [24] | |
| Venice | Consulate-General | 1998 | [24] | |
| Netherlands | Rotterdam | Consulate-General | 1991 | [15] |
| Portugal | Porto | Consulate General | 2015 | [26] |
| Spain | Palma de Mallorca | Consulate | 1993 | [15] |
| Seville | Consulate-General | 2019 | [27] | |
| Valencia | Consulate-General | 1993 | [15] | |
| Switzerland | Basel | Consulate-General | 1996 | [15] |
| United Kingdom | Liverpool | Consulate-General | 1991 | [15][28] |
See also
Notes
- ^ Also accredited to the African Union.
- ^ The French Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
References
- ^ "France". Soft Power.
- ^ "Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères : la France dans les relations internationales". France Diplomatie : : Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
- ^ "Embassy of France in Ethiopia and to the African union". Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ France Diplomatie: Gambia
- ^ "France reopens Libya embassy after 7-year closure". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "La France ouvre un nouveau Consulat Général à Monterrey". 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Visites bilatérales". Consulat Général de France à Jérusalem. 22 May 2020.
- ^ There is an office of the Cyprus Turkish French Cultural Association (CTFCA) in North Nicosia. According to its homepage, it does not serve any political interests. Cyprus Turkish French Cultural Association (CTFCA), fransizkultur.org (without date).
- ^ "Permanent mission of France to the United Nations in Rome (FAO, IFAD, WFP)". Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Représentation Permanente de la France auprès du Conseil de l'Europe" (in French). Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Africanews | France to reopen embassy in the Gambia, pledges $58m development financing".
- ^ "France Embassy to Re-Open". April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "L'évolution des missions et de l'organisation des consulats français à l'étranger" (PDF) (in French). Senate of France.
- ^ a b c d "Fermeture des consulats français à l'étranger - 9e législature". Senate of France. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Projet de loi de finances pour 1997: affaires étrangères" (in French). Senate of France. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "BENGHAZI (consulat)". FranceArchives. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ a b c "Projet de loi de finances pour 2015 : Action extérieure de l'État : Action de la France en Europe et dans le monde".
- ^ "Consulat général à Vancouver → French Radar - Annuaire Pro". Frenchradar.com. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "736 Pearl, by JUDY STALNAKER, PHD. The Foster-McCaulley-Symes-French Consulate House". 18 October 2019.
- ^ "SAÏGON (Haut-commissariat puis ambassade de France au Vietnam)".
- ^ "30 Avril 1975 : Récit des dernières 24 heures à Saïgon". 29 April 2015.
- ^ a b "France says not planning to reopen embassy in Syria". Reuters. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ https://www.senat.fr/rap/a10-112-1/a10-112-11.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b c d e "N°3620- Rapport d'information de M. Yves TAVERNIER en application de l'article 146 du Règlement au nom de la commission des finances, sur le réseau diplomatique et le rôle des ambassadeurs".
- ^ a b "Projets de fermeture des consulats généraux de Mayence et de Leipzig - Sénat".
- ^ "Fermeture du consulat général de France à Porto - Sénat".
- ^ "El cuerpo consular de Sevilla es eminentemente honorario". 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Fermeture du Consulat général à Liverpool (Grande-Bretagne) - Sénat".
External links
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