List of diplomatic missions in Benin

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Benin . The capital city of Cotonou hosts 27 embassies.

Diplomatic missions in Benin

Diplomatic missions in Cotonou

Embassies

1.   Algeria ^[1]
2.   Belgium ^[1]
3.   Brazil ^[1]
4.   China ^[1]
5.   Cuba ^[1]
6.   Congo-Kinshasa ^[1]
7.   Egypt ^[1]
8.   France ^{[1] [2]}
9.   Germany ^[1]
10.   Ghana ^[1]
11.   Holy See ^[1]
12.   Japan ^[1]
13.   Kuwait ^{[1] [3]}
14.   Libya ^[4]
15.   Luxembourg ^{[1] [5]}
16.   Morocco ^{[1] [6]}
17.   Netherlands ^[1]
18.   Niger ^[1]
19.   Nigeria ^[3]
20.   Qatar ^[1]
21.   Russia ^[1]
22.   South Africa ^[1]
23.   Sovereign Military Order of Malta ^{[1] [7]}
24.   Turkey ^[1]
25.   United Arab Emirates ^[3]
26.   United States ^[1]
27.   Venezuela ^{[1] [2]}

Other missions or delegations

1.   Canada (Embassy office) ^[1]
2.   European Union (Delegation) ^{[1] [2]}
3.    Switzerland (Cooperation office & consular agency) ^{[1] [8] [9]}
4.   Togo (Embassy office) ^[1]

Consular missions in Cotonou

1.   Burkina Faso (Consulate-General) ^{[1] [10]}
2.   Chad (Consulate) ^{[1] [11]}
3.   Equatorial Guinea (Consulate-General) ^{[1] [12]}
4.   Gabon (Consulate-General) ^[13]

Non-resident embassies accredited to Benin

Resident in Abuja, Nigeria

1.   Angola ^[1]
2.   Argentina ^[14]
3.   Australia ^[2]
4.   Austria ^[3]
5.   Bulgaria ^[3]
6.   Burundi ^{[15] [16]}
7.   Equatorial Guinea ^[4]
8.   Czechia ^[3]
9.   Finland ^{[1] [17]}
10.   Gambia ^{[18] [19]}
11.   Greece ^{[1] [2] [20]}
12.   Guinea ^[1]
13.   Guinea-Bissau ^[3]
14.   Hungary ^{[21] [22]}
15.   India ^{[3] [23]}
16.   Indonesia ^[1]
17.   Ireland ^{[2] [24] [25]}
18.   Italy ^{[1] [3]}
19.   Liberia ^[26]
20.   Malaysia ^{[2] [27]}
21.   Mexico ^[28]
22.   Norway ^{[1] [2]}
23.   Palestine ^{[1] [29]}
24.   Philippines ^[1]
25.   Poland ^[4]
26.   Romania ^[30]
27.   Saudi Arabia ^[4]
28.   Serbia ^[3]
29.   Sierra Leone ^{[1] [3]}
30.   Slovakia ^[31]
31.   Spain ^[3]
32.   Sudan ^[1]
33.   Tanzania ^[32]
34.   Thailand ^[33]
35.   Togo ^[1]
36.   Tunisia ^[34]
37.   Uganda ^[1]
38.   Ukraine ^[1]
39.   Zambia ^[1]

Resident in Accra, Ghana

1.   Burkina Faso ^[1]
2.   Colombia ^[35]
3.   Ivory Coast ^{[1] [36]}
4.   Lebanon ^[3]
5.   Mali ^{[1] [37]}
6.   Namibia ^[1]
7.   Peru
8.   Rwanda ^[38]
9.   South Korea ^{[1] [3]}
10.    Switzerland ^{[8] [9]}
11.   United Kingdom ^{[1] [3]}

Resident in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

1.   Canada ^[4]
2.   Chad ^[2]
3.   Denmark ^[39]
4.   Nicaragua ^[2]

Resident in Rabat, Morocco

1.   Kazakhstan ^[40]
2.   Paraguay ^[41]
3.   Vietnam ^{[1] [3]}

Resident elsewhere

1.   Croatia (Paris) ^[42]
2.   Gabon (Lomé) ^[1]
3.   Israel (Abidjan) ^{[1] [4]}
4.   Madagascar (Dakar) ^[43]
5.   Malawi (Addis Ababa) ^[44]
6.   Mauritania (Niamey) ^{[3] [18]}
7.   Sri Lanka (Nairobi) ^[45]
8.   Sweden (Stockholm) ^[46]

Unverified

•   Central African Republic
•   Costa Rica (Paris)
•   Cameroon ^[47]
•   Ecuador (Paris)
•   Haiti (Paris)
•   Honduras (Paris)
•   Jordan (Algiers)
•   Kenya
•   Maldives (London)
•   Malta (Valletta)
•   Micronesia (New York City)
•   New Zealand (Paris)
•   Oman (Algiers)
•   Portugal ^[48]
•   Panama (Paris)
•   Tuvalu (New York City)
•   Uzbekistan (Paris)

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