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. |
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![]() | Algiers | Embassy | [3] | |
![]() | Luanda | Embassy | Countries: | [4] [5] |
![]() | Cotonou | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 1] | [6] | |
![]() | Ouagadougou | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 2] | [7] | |
![]() | Bujumbura | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 3] | [8] | |
![]() | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries: | [9] [10] |
![]() | N'Djamena | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 4] | [11] | |
![]() | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: | [12] [13] [14] |
![]() | Cairo | Embassy [lower-alpha 5] | [15] [1] | |
![]() | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [16] [17] [18] |
![]() | Accra | Embassy | [19] [6] [20] | |
![]() | Abidjan | Embassy | Countries: | [21] [7] [22] [23] [24] |
![]() | Nairobi | Embassy | International Organizations: | [25] [8] [26] [27] |
![]() | Bamako | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 6] | [28] | |
![]() | Antananarivo | Embassy | Countries: | [29] [30] [31] |
![]() | Rabat | Embassy | [32] | |
![]() | Maputo | Embassy | [33] | |
![]() | Niamey | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 7] | [34] | |
![]() | Abuja | Embassy | [35] [11] [34] | |
Lagos | Consulate-General | [35] | ||
![]() | Kigali | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 8] | [26] | |
![]() | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: | [36] [37] [38] [39] [28] |
![]() | Pretoria | Embassy | [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] | |
Cape Town | Consulate-General | [40] | ||
![]() | Juba | Cooperation office & consular agency [lower-alpha 9] | [18] | |
![]() | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: | [46] |
![]() | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [47] | |
![]() | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: | [48] [49] |
![]() | Harare | Embassy | [50] [51] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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![]() | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: | [178] [179] [180] [181] [182] |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [178] | ||
![]() | Wellington | Embassy | [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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![]() | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [188] | |
![]() | Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [189] | |
![]() | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations: | [190] |
![]() | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [191] | |
![]() | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [192] | |
![]() | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [193] | |
![]() | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [194] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [195] | |
Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [193] | |
![]() | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [196] | |
![]() | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [197] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Conakry | Embassy | 1992 | [22] |
![]() | Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [49] |
![]() | Monrovia | Embassy | 1992 | [23] |
Cooperation office & consular agency | 2016 | [23] | ||
![]() | Tangier | Consulate | 1968 | [32] |
![]() | Windhoek | Consulate-General | 1996 | [45] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | San Salvador | Embassy | 1979 | [60] |
![]() | Asunción | Embassy | 2016 | [79] |
![]() | Houston | Consulate-General | 2006 | [198] [199] |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2018 | [200] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Kabul | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2021 | [201] |
![]() | Baghdad | Embassy | 1991 | [104] |
![]() | Karuizawa | Legation | 1945 | [202] |
![]() | Karachi | Consulate-General | 2018 | [203] |
![]() | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [111] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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![]() | Bordeaux | Consulate-General | 2008 | [204] [205] |
Dijon | Consulate | 1995 | [206] | |
![]() | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 | [207] |
![]() | Genoa | Consulate-General | 2011 | [208] |
Naples | Consulate-General | 2007 | [204] [209] | |
![]() | Amsterdam | Consulate-General | 2005 | [199] [210] |
![]() | Málaga | Consulate | 1998 | [211] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | 2012 | [199] | |
![]() | Edinburgh | Consulate-General | 2011 | [212] |
The foreign relations of Switzerland are the primary responsibility of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Some international relations of Switzerland are handled by other departments of the federal administration of Switzerland.