This is a list of diplomatic missions of Switzerland, excluding honorary consulates. Switzerland is well known as a protecting power, [1] having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. In the Second World War Switzerland served as protecting power for 35 countries on both sides—its embassy in Washington represented Germany, Italy, Japan, and Vichy France. In many post-war conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Asia, the Middle East, and Serbia, Switzerland has provided a continuity of representation after formal relations were severed between belligerents, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid and conflict resolution.[ citation needed]
Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented the Principality of Liechtenstein in those countries wherein Liechtenstein itself does not maintain consular representation. [2] Owing to its size and population, Liechtenstein maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions.
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | [3] | |
Angola | Luanda | Embassy | Countries: |
[4] [5] |
Benin | Cotonou | Cooperation office & consular agency [a] | [6] | |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Cooperation office & consular agency [b] | [7] | |
Burundi | Bujumbura | Cooperation office & consular agency [c] | [8] | |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries: |
[9] [10] |
Chad | N'Djamena | Cooperation office & consular agency [d] | [11] | |
Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: |
[12] [13] [14] |
Egypt | Cairo | Embassy [e] | [15] [1] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: |
[16] [17] [18] |
Ghana | Accra | Embassy | [19] [6] [20] | |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | Countries: |
[21] [7] [22] [23] [24] |
Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[25] [8] [26] [27] |
Mali | Bamako | Cooperation office & consular agency [f] | [28] | |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | Countries: |
[29] [30] [31] |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | [32] | |
Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | [33] | |
Niger | Niamey | Cooperation office & consular agency [g] | [34] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | [35] [11] [34] | |
Lagos | Consulate-General | [35] | ||
Rwanda | Kigali | Cooperation office & consular agency [h] | [26] | |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: |
[36] [37] [38] [39] [28] |
South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] | |
Cape Town | Consulate-General | [40] | ||
South Sudan | Juba | Cooperation office & consular agency [i] | [18] | |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: |
[46] |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [47] | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: |
[48] [49] |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | [50] [51] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armenia | Yerevan | Embassy | [88] | |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Embassy | Countries: |
[89] [90] |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | Embassy | [91] | |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Cooperation office & consular agency [n] | [92] | |
China | Beijing | Embassy | Countries: |
[93] [94] [95] |
Chengdu | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Guangzhou | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Hong Kong | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Shanghai | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Georgia | Tbilisi | Embassy [o] | [96] [1] | |
India | New Delhi | Embassy | Countries: |
[97] |
Bangalore | Consulate-General | [97] | ||
Mumbai | Consulate-General | [97] | ||
Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: |
[98] [99] |
Iran | Tehran | Embassy [p] | [100] [1] | |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | [101] | |
Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | [102] | |
Osaka | Consulate | [102] | ||
Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Countries: |
[103] [104] |
Kazakhstan | Astana | Embassy | Countries: |
[105] [106] |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | [107] | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Embassy | [108] | |
Laos | Vientiane | Cooperation office & consular agency [q] | [109] | |
Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy | Countries: |
[110] [111] |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Embassy | [112] | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Cooperation office & consular agency [r] | [95] | |
Myanmar | Yangon | Embassy | [113] | |
Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy | [114] | |
Oman | Muscat | Embassy | Countries: |
[115] [116] |
Pakistan | Islamabad | Embassy | Countries: |
[117] |
Palestine | Ramallah | Representative office | [118] | |
Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Countries: |
[119] [120] [121] |
Qatar | Doha | Embassy | [122] | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) [s] | Taipei | Trade Office | [123] | |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | [124] | |
Singapore | Singapore | Embassy | Countries: |
[125] [126] |
South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | [127] | |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | Embassy | Countries: |
[128] |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Cooperation office & consular agency [t] | [106] | |
Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | [129] | |
Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | [130] | |
Istanbul | Consulate-General | [130] | ||
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Embassy | [131] | |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Countries: |
[132] |
Dubai | Consulate-General | [132] | ||
Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | [133] | |
Ho Chi Minh City | Consulate-General | [133] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: |
[178] [179] [180] [181] [182] |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [178] | ||
New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [188] | |
European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [189] | |
Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations: |
[190] |
NATO | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [191] | |
OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [192] | |
OSCE | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [193] | |
United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [194] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[195] | |
Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[193] | |
UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [196] | |
World Trade Organization | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[197] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | 1992 | [22] |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [49] |
Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | 1992 | [23] |
Cooperation office & consular agency | 2016 | [23] | ||
Morocco | Tangier | Consulate | 1968 | [32] |
Namibia | Windhoek | Consulate-General | 1996 | [45] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
El Salvador | San Salvador | Embassy | 1979 | [60] |
Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | 2016 | [79] |
United States | Houston | Consulate-General | 2006 | [198] [199] |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2018 | [200] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Kabul | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2021 | [201] |
Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | 1991 | [104] |
Empire of Japan | Karuizawa | Legation | 1945 | [202] |
Pakistan | Karachi | Consulate-General | 2018 | [203] |
Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [111] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
France | Bordeaux | Consulate-General | 2008 | [204] [205] |
Dijon | Consulate | 1995 | [206] | |
Germany | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 | [207] |
Italy | Genoa | Consulate-General | 2011 | [208] |
Naples | Consulate-General | 2007 | [204] [209] | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Consulate-General | 2005 | [199] [210] |
Spain | Málaga | Consulate | 1998 | [211] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | 2012 | [199] | |
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | Consulate-General | 2011 | [212] |
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Switzerland, excluding honorary consulates. Switzerland is well known as a protecting power, [1] having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. In the Second World War Switzerland served as protecting power for 35 countries on both sides—its embassy in Washington represented Germany, Italy, Japan, and Vichy France. In many post-war conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Asia, the Middle East, and Serbia, Switzerland has provided a continuity of representation after formal relations were severed between belligerents, facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid and conflict resolution.[ citation needed]
Since 1919, Switzerland has also represented the Principality of Liechtenstein in those countries wherein Liechtenstein itself does not maintain consular representation. [2] Owing to its size and population, Liechtenstein maintains a very small network of diplomatic missions.
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | [3] | |
Angola | Luanda | Embassy | Countries: |
[4] [5] |
Benin | Cotonou | Cooperation office & consular agency [a] | [6] | |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Cooperation office & consular agency [b] | [7] | |
Burundi | Bujumbura | Cooperation office & consular agency [c] | [8] | |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries: |
[9] [10] |
Chad | N'Djamena | Cooperation office & consular agency [d] | [11] | |
Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: |
[12] [13] [14] |
Egypt | Cairo | Embassy [e] | [15] [1] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: |
[16] [17] [18] |
Ghana | Accra | Embassy | [19] [6] [20] | |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | Countries: |
[21] [7] [22] [23] [24] |
Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[25] [8] [26] [27] |
Mali | Bamako | Cooperation office & consular agency [f] | [28] | |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | Countries: |
[29] [30] [31] |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | [32] | |
Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | [33] | |
Niger | Niamey | Cooperation office & consular agency [g] | [34] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | [35] [11] [34] | |
Lagos | Consulate-General | [35] | ||
Rwanda | Kigali | Cooperation office & consular agency [h] | [26] | |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: |
[36] [37] [38] [39] [28] |
South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] | |
Cape Town | Consulate-General | [40] | ||
South Sudan | Juba | Cooperation office & consular agency [i] | [18] | |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: |
[46] |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [47] | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: |
[48] [49] |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | [50] [51] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armenia | Yerevan | Embassy | [88] | |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Embassy | Countries: |
[89] [90] |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | Embassy | [91] | |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Cooperation office & consular agency [n] | [92] | |
China | Beijing | Embassy | Countries: |
[93] [94] [95] |
Chengdu | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Guangzhou | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Hong Kong | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Shanghai | Consulate-General | [93] | ||
Georgia | Tbilisi | Embassy [o] | [96] [1] | |
India | New Delhi | Embassy | Countries: |
[97] |
Bangalore | Consulate-General | [97] | ||
Mumbai | Consulate-General | [97] | ||
Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: |
[98] [99] |
Iran | Tehran | Embassy [p] | [100] [1] | |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | [101] | |
Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | [102] | |
Osaka | Consulate | [102] | ||
Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Countries: |
[103] [104] |
Kazakhstan | Astana | Embassy | Countries: |
[105] [106] |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | [107] | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Embassy | [108] | |
Laos | Vientiane | Cooperation office & consular agency [q] | [109] | |
Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy | Countries: |
[110] [111] |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Embassy | [112] | |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Cooperation office & consular agency [r] | [95] | |
Myanmar | Yangon | Embassy | [113] | |
Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy | [114] | |
Oman | Muscat | Embassy | Countries: |
[115] [116] |
Pakistan | Islamabad | Embassy | Countries: |
[117] |
Palestine | Ramallah | Representative office | [118] | |
Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Countries: |
[119] [120] [121] |
Qatar | Doha | Embassy | [122] | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) [s] | Taipei | Trade Office | [123] | |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | [124] | |
Singapore | Singapore | Embassy | Countries: |
[125] [126] |
South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | [127] | |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | Embassy | Countries: |
[128] |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Cooperation office & consular agency [t] | [106] | |
Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | [129] | |
Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | [130] | |
Istanbul | Consulate-General | [130] | ||
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Embassy | [131] | |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Countries: |
[132] |
Dubai | Consulate-General | [132] | ||
Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | [133] | |
Ho Chi Minh City | Consulate-General | [133] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: |
[178] [179] [180] [181] [182] |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [178] | ||
New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [188] | |
European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [189] | |
Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations: |
[190] |
NATO | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [191] | |
OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [192] | |
OSCE | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [193] | |
United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [194] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[195] | |
Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[193] | |
UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [196] | |
World Trade Organization | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[197] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | 1992 | [22] |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [49] |
Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | 1992 | [23] |
Cooperation office & consular agency | 2016 | [23] | ||
Morocco | Tangier | Consulate | 1968 | [32] |
Namibia | Windhoek | Consulate-General | 1996 | [45] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
El Salvador | San Salvador | Embassy | 1979 | [60] |
Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | 2016 | [79] |
United States | Houston | Consulate-General | 2006 | [198] [199] |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2018 | [200] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Kabul | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2021 | [201] |
Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | 1991 | [104] |
Empire of Japan | Karuizawa | Legation | 1945 | [202] |
Pakistan | Karachi | Consulate-General | 2018 | [203] |
Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [111] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
France | Bordeaux | Consulate-General | 2008 | [204] [205] |
Dijon | Consulate | 1995 | [206] | |
Germany | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 | [207] |
Italy | Genoa | Consulate-General | 2011 | [208] |
Naples | Consulate-General | 2007 | [204] [209] | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Consulate-General | 2005 | [199] [210] |
Spain | Málaga | Consulate | 1998 | [211] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | 2012 | [199] | |
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | Consulate-General | 2011 | [212] |