List of diplomatic missions of Belgium

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.

Map of Belgian diplomatic missions

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

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Algeria Algiers Embassy [1]
  Angola Luanda Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Benin Cotonou Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy [1]
  Burundi Bujumbura Embassy [1]
  Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy [1][2]
  Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville Embassy [1]
  Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa Embassy [1]
Lubumbashi Consulate-General [1]
  Egypt Cairo Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Countries:
[1][3]
  Guinea Conakry Embassy [1]
  Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Kenya Nairobi Embassy
Countries:
[1][4]
  Mali Bamako Embassy [1]
  Morocco Rabat Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Mozambique Maputo Diplomatic office[a] [1]
  Niger Niamey Embassy [1]
  Nigeria Abuja Embassy
  Rwanda Kigali Embassy [1]
  Senegal Dakar Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  South Africa Pretoria Embassy
Countries:
[1][5]
Cape Town Consulate-General [1][5]
  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Tunisia Tunis Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Uganda Kampala Embassy
Countries:
[1]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Brazil Brasília Embassy [1]
Rio de Janeiro Consulate-General [1]
São Paulo Consulate-General [1]
  Canada Ottawa Embassy [1]
Montreal Consulate-General [1]
  Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy [1]
  Colombia Bogotá Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Cuba Havana Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Jamaica Kingston Embassy
International Organizations:
[1][6]
  Mexico Mexico City Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Panama Panama City Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Peru Lima Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  United States Washington, D.C. Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][7][8]
Atlanta Consulate-General [1][7]
Los Angeles Consulate-General [1][7]
New York City Consulate-General [1][7]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Armenia Yerevan Embassy [9]
  Azerbaijan Baku Embassy
Countries:
[1][10]
  China Beijing Embassy
Countries:
[1][11]
Guangzhou Consulate-General [1][11]
Hong Kong Consulate-General [1][11]
Shanghai Consulate-General [1][11]
  India New Delhi Embassy
Countries:
[1][12]
Mumbai Consulate-General [1][12]
  Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][13]
  Iran Tehran Embassy [1]
  Israel Tel Aviv Embassy [1]
  Japan Tokyo Embassy [1][14]
  Jordan Amman Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Kazakhstan Astana Embassy
Countries:
[1][15]
  Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy
Countries:
[1][16]
  Lebanon Beirut Embassy [1]
  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy
Countries:
[1][17]
  Pakistan Islamabad Embassy
Countries:
[1][18]
  Palestine Jerusalem Consulate-General[e]
International Organizations:
[1][19]
  Philippines Manila Embassy
Countries:
[1][20]
  Qatar Doha Embassy [1][21]
  Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
[1][22][23]
  Singapore Singapore Embassy [1][24]
  South Korea Seoul Embassy
Countries:
[1][25]
  Taiwan Taipei Belgian Office [1][26]
  Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Countries:
[1][27]
  Turkey Ankara Embassy [1]
Istanbul Consulate-General [1]
  Vietnam Hanoi Embassy [1]
  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy [1]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Austria Vienna Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Embassy [28]
  Bulgaria Sofia Embassy
Countries:
[1][29]
  Croatia Zagreb Embassy
Countries:
[1][30]
  Czechia Prague Embassy [1]
  Denmark Copenhagen Embassy [1]
  Germany Berlin Embassy [1]
  Finland Helsinki Embassy
Countries:
[1][31]
  France Paris Embassy
Countries:
[1]
Marseille Consulate-General [1]
  Greece Athens Embassy
Countries:
[1][32]
  Holy See[g] Rome Embassy [1]
  Hungary Budapest Embassy [1]
  Ireland Dublin Embassy [1]
  Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Kosovo Pristina Diplomatic office [1][33]
  Luxembourg Luxembourg City Embassy [1]
  Moldova Chișinău Embassy [34]
  Netherlands The Hague Embassy [1]
  Norway Oslo Embassy
Countries:
[1][35]
  Poland Warsaw Embassy
Countries:
[1][36]
  Portugal Lisbon Embassy [1]
  Romania Bucharest Embassy [1][37]
  Russia Moscow Embassy
Countries:
[1]
Saint Petersburg Consulate-General [1]
  Serbia Belgrade Embassy
Countries:
[1][38]
  Spain Madrid Embassy
Countries:
[1]
Alicante Consulate [1]
Barcelona Consulate [1]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Consulate [1]
  Sweden Stockholm Embassy
Countries:
[1][39]
   Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
[1]
  Ukraine Kyiv Embassy [1]
  United Kingdom London Embassy
International Organizations:
[1]

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Australia Canberra Embassy
Countries:
[1][40]

Multilateral organizations

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Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
  Council of Europe Strasbourg France Permanent Representation [1]
  European Union Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation [41]
  NATO Brussels Belgium Permanent Representation [42]
  OECD Paris France Permanent Delegation
International Organizations:
[1]
  OSCE Vienna Austria Permanent Representation [43]
  United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission [44]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission [45]
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Closed missions

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Congo-Kinshasa Bukavu Consulate-General 2008 [46][47]
  Ghana Accra Embassy [48]
  Libya Tripoli Embassy 2015 [49]
  Morocco Casablanca Consulate General 2015 [49]
  South Africa Johannesburg Consulate-General 2015 [49]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Bolivia La Paz Embassy 2006 [50]
  Canada Toronto Consulate-General 2015 [49]
  Ecuador Quito Embassy 2006 [50]
  Venezuela Caracas Diplomatic office 2021 [1]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2015 [49]
  Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy 1990 [51]
  India Chennai Consulate-General 2021 [12]
  Iraq Baghdad Embassy Unknown [52]
  Syria Damascus Embassy 2012 [53]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
  Cyprus Nicosia Embassy 2015 [49]
  Estonia Tallinn Embassy 2015 [49][54]
  France Lille Consulate-General 2015 [49][55]
Strasbourg Consulate-General 2015 [49]
  Germany Cologne Consulate-General 2015 [49][56]
  Latvia Riga Embassy 2015 [49]
  Lithuania Vilnius Embassy 2015 [49][57]
  Slovakia Bratislava Embassy 2015 [49]
  Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy 2015 [49]
   Switzerland Geneva Consulate-General 2015 [49]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Subordinate to the Belgian embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  3. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  4. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  5. ^ This consulate general is neither accredited to Israel nor is it subordinate to the Belgian embassy in Tel Aviv. It has a special status, reporting directly to Brussels. Its jurisdiction covers both Jerusalem (the Corpus separatum) and the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 (West Bank and Gaza), and is accredited as well to the Palestinian Authority.
  6. ^ Bosnia is under the jurisdiction of the embassy in Zagreb for consular matters only. Diplomatic relations are conducted by the embassy in Sarajevo.
  7. ^ The Belgian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

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