This is a list of diplomatic missions of Switzerland.
Switzerland is well known as a protecting power,having used its embassies abroad to represent the interests of states hostile to each other since the Franco-Prussian War. [1] 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.
Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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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] [32] |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | [33] | |
Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | [34] | |
Niger | Niamey | Cooperation office & consular agency [g] | [35] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | [36] [11] [35] | |
Lagos | Consulate-General | [36] | ||
Rwanda | Kigali | Cooperation office & consular agency [h] | [26] | |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: | [37] [38] [39] [40] [28] |
South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] | |
Cape Town | Consulate-General | [41] | ||
South Sudan | Juba | Cooperation office & consular agency [i] | [18] | |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | Countries: | [47] |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [48] | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Countries: | [49] [50] |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | [51] [52] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Countries: | [180] [181] [182] [183] [184] |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [180] | ||
New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Council of Europe | Strasbourg | France | Permanent Representation | [190] | |
European Union | Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [191] | |
Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome | Italy | Permanent Representation | International Organizations: | [192] |
NATO | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Representation | [193] | |
OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [194] | |
OSCE | Vienna | Austria | Delegation | [195] | |
United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [196] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [197] | |
Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [195] | |
UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [198] | |
World Trade Organization | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: | [199] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | 1992 | [22] |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | 2014 | [50] |
Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | 1992 | [23] |
Cooperation office & consular agency | 2016 | [23] | ||
Morocco | Tangier | Consulate | 1968 | [33] |
Namibia | Windhoek | Consulate-General | 1996 | [46] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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El Salvador | San Salvador | Embassy | 1979 | [61] |
Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | 2016 | [80] |
United States | Houston | Consulate-General | 2006 | [200] [201] |
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | 2018 | [202] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Afghanistan | Kabul | Cooperation office & consular agency | 2021 | [203] |
Pakistan | Karachi | Consulate-General | 2018 | [204] |
Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [113] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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France | Bordeaux | Consulate-General | 2008 | [205] [206] |
Dijon | Consulate | 1995 | [207] | |
Germany | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 | [208] |
Italy | Genoa | Consulate-General | 2011 | [209] |
Naples | Consulate-General | 2007 | [205] [210] | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | Consulate-General | 2005 | [201] [211] |
Spain | Málaga | Consulate | 1998 | [212] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Consulate | 2012 | [201] | |
United Kingdom | Edinburgh | Consulate-General | 2011 | [213] |