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Embassy of Ireland, Bern | |
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Location | Bern |
Address | Kirchenfeldstrasse 68, CH-3000 Berne 6, Switzerland |
Coordinates | 46°56′25″N7°27′20″E / 46.940223°N 7.455509°E |
Ambassador | Eamon Hickey |
Website | Irish Embassy, Switzerland |
The Embassy of Ireland in Switzerland (German : Botschaft von Irland, Schweiz) is the diplomatic mission of Ireland to Switzerland. It is located in the Swiss city of Bern. [1]
The embassy is also represented in Switzerland by Honorary Consuls in Zürich. [2]
As of September 2019 [update] , the current Irish Ambassador to Switzerland is Eamon Hickey. [3]
The Embassy of Ireland in Bern is also accredited on a non-residential basis to both Liechtenstein [4] and Algeria. [5]
The foreign relations of Ireland are substantially influenced by its membership of the European Union, although bilateral relations with the United States and United Kingdom are also important to the state. It is one of the group of smaller nations in the EU and has traditionally followed a non-aligned foreign policy. Ireland has historically tended towards independence in foreign military policy, thus it is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and has a longstanding policy of military neutrality.
Switzerland is not a member state of the European Union (EU). It is associated with the Union through a series of bilateral treaties in which Switzerland has adopted various provisions of European Union law in order to participate in the Union's single market, without joining as a member state. Among Switzerland's neighbouring countries, all but one are EU member states.
Foreign relations exist between the alpine nations of Austria and Switzerland. Both countries have had diplomatic relations since the Middle Ages. The Habsburgs, who ruled Austria for more than six centuries, are originally from Aargau, Switzerland. The two countries are predominantly German-speaking. Austria has an embassy in Bern, a general consulate in Zürich and seven honorary consulates. Switzerland has an embassy in Vienna and six honorary consulates. Together, both countries organized the Euro 2008.
The Embassy of Ireland in Paris is the diplomatic mission of Ireland to France. It is located at 12 Avenue Foch in the 16th arrondissement.
India–Liechtenstein relations refers to the bilateral relations between India and Liechtenstein. The Embassy of India in Bern, Switzerland is concurrently accredited to Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein maintains an honorary consul general in New Delhi. Under a 1919 agreement between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, ambassadors and diplomatic missions of Switzerland are authorised to represent Liechtenstein in countries and in diplomatic situations unless Liechtenstein opts to send its own ambassador. Switzerland maintains an embassy in New Delhi and a consulate in Mumbai.
The Embassy of Ireland in Japan is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Ireland in Japan.
The Embassy of Ireland in Berlin is the diplomatic mission of Ireland to Germany. It is located at 51 Jägerstraße since 2009.