List of diplomatic missions of Belgium

Map of Belgian diplomatic missions

The Kingdom of Belgium is unique in having three networks of representation — one for the Belgian federal state, another for Dutch-speaking community and Flemish Region, and a third one for the French-speaking Community and the Walloon region, often comprising international missions of the Brussels-Capital Region and, more rarely, the German-speaking Community of Belgium. However officers representing the governments of the communities and Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia are usually co-located together with the diplomatic representation of Belgium, as most countries do not consider regions to be states.

Excluded from this listing are honorary consulates, representative offices of the communities and regions of Belgium, development offices, and trade missions. On the other hand, the trade mission in Taipei, known as the "Belgian Office, Taipei (BOT)" is included as it serves as a de facto embassy to Taiwan.

Current missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy		[1]
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Countries:  São Tomé and Príncipe	[1]
Benin	Cotonou	Embassy	Countries:  Togo	[1]
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Embassy		[1]
Burundi	Bujumbura	Embassy		[1]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Embassy	Countries:  Central African Republic  Chad  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon	[1][2]
Congo-Brazzaville	Brazzaville	Embassy		[1]
Congo-Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Embassy		[1]
	Lubumbashi	Consulate-General		[1]
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	Countries:  Sudan	[1]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Countries:  Djibouti International Organizations:  African Union Intergovernmental Authority on Development	[1][3]
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy		[1]
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Embassy	Countries:  Ghana  Liberia  Sierra Leone	[1]
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	Countries:  Comoros  Eritrea  Madagascar  Seychelles  Somalia International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[1][4]
Mali	Bamako	Embassy		[1]
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy	Countries:  Mauritania	[1]
Mozambique	Maputo	Diplomatic office[a]		[1]
Niger	Niamey	Embassy		[1]
Nigeria	Abuja	Embassy
Rwanda	Kigali	Embassy		[1]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Countries:  Cape Verde  Gambia  Guinea-Bissau	[1]
South Africa	Pretoria	Embassy	Countries:  Botswana  Eswatini  Lesotho  Mozambique  Namibia  Zimbabwe	[1][5]
	Cape Town	Consulate-General		[1][5]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	Countries:  Zambia  Malawi  Mauritius	[1]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	Countries:  Libya	[1]
Uganda	Kampala	Embassy	Countries:  South Sudan	[1]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Countries:  Paraguay  Uruguay	[1]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		[1]
	Rio de Janeiro	Consulate-General		[1]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General		[1]
Canada	Ottawa	Embassy		[1]
	Montreal	Consulate-General		[1]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy		[1]
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	Countries:  Venezuela	[1]
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	Countries:  Dominican Republic  Haiti	[1]
Jamaica	Kingston	Embassy	Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Guyana  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Caribbean Community[b] International Seabed Authority	[1][6]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Countries:  Belize	[1]
Panama	Panama City	Embassy	Countries:  Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua	[1]
Peru	Lima	Embassy	Countries:  Bolivia  Ecuador	[1]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	Countries:  Bahamas International Organizations:  Organization of American States[c]	[1][7][8]
	Atlanta	Consulate-General		[1][7]
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General		[1][7]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[1][7]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Armenia	Yerevan	Embassy		[9]
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy	Countries:  Georgia  Turkmenistan	[1][10]
China	Beijing	Embassy	Countries:  Mongolia	[1][11]
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General		[1][11]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General		[1][11]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General		[1][11]
India	New Delhi	Embassy	Countries:  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Maldives    Nepal  Sri Lanka	[1][12]
	Mumbai	Consulate-General		[1][12]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Countries:  East Timor International Organizations: Association of Southeast Asian Nations[d]	[1][13]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy		[1]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy		[1]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		[1][14]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	Countries:  Iraq	[1]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy	Countries:  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan	[1][15]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	Countries:  Bahrain	[1][16]
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy		[1]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy	Countries:  Brunei	[1][17]
Pakistan	Islamabad	Embassy	Countries:  Afghanistan	[1][18]
Palestine	Jerusalem	Consulate-General[e]	International Organizations: UNRWA	[1][19]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Countries:  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Palau	[1][20]
Qatar	Doha	Embassy		[1][21]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	Countries:  Oman  Yemen	[1][22][23]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy		[1][24]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	Countries:  North Korea	[1][25]
Taiwan	Taipei	Belgian Office		[1][26]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Countries:  Cambodia  Laos  Myanmar	[1][27]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy		[1]
	Istanbul	Consulate-General		[1]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy		[1]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy		[1]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Countries:  Slovakia  Slovenia International Organizations:  United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency UNIDO UNODC UNCITRAL	[1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Embassy		[28]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Countries:  Albania  Kosovo  North Macedonia	[1][29]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Countries: Consular jurisdiction only:[f]  Bosnia and Herzegovina	[1][30]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy		[1]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy		[1]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy		[1]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	Countries:  Estonia	[1][31]
France	Paris	Embassy	Countries:  Monaco	[1]
	Marseille	Consulate-General		[1]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Countries:  Cyprus	[1][32]
Holy See[g]	Rome	Embassy		[1]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy		[1]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[1]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Countries:  Malta  San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme	[1]
Kosovo	Pristina	Diplomatic office		[1][33]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy		[1]
Moldova	Chișinău	Embassy		[34]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy		[1]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Countries:  Iceland	[1][35]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	Countries:  Lithuania	[1][36]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy		[1]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy		[1][37]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	Countries:  Belarus  Uzbekistan	[1]
	Saint Petersburg	Consulate-General		[1]
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Countries:  Montenegro	[1][38]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Countries:  Andorra	[1]
	Alicante	Consulate		[1]
	Barcelona	Consulate		[1]
	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Consulate		[1]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Countries:  Latvia	[1][39]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Countries:  Liechtenstein	[1]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy		[1]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy	International Organizations: International Maritime Organization	[1]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	Embassy	Countries:  Cook Islands  Fiji  Kiribati  Nauru  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands  Tonga  Tuvalu  Vanuatu	[1][40]

Multilateral organizations

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	Permanent Representation		[1]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation		[41]
NATO	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Representation		[42]
OECD	Paris	France	Permanent Delegation	International Organizations:  UNESCO	[1]
OSCE	Vienna	Austria	Permanent Representation		[43]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		[44]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	International Organizations: Conference on Disarmament World Health Organization  World Trade Organization	[45]

Gallery

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  Embassy in Belgrade
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  Embassy in Berlin
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  Embassy in Bogotá
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  Embassy in Bratislava
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  Embassy in Buenos Aires
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  Embassy in Canberra
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  Embassy in Copenhagen
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  Embassy in Dar es Salaam
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  Embassy in Dublin
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  Embassy in The Hague
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  Consulate-General in Istanbul
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  Consulate-General in Jerusalem
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  Embassy in Kyiv
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  Embassy in London
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  Embassy in Luxembourg
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  Embassy in Madrid
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  Embassy in Mexico City
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  Embassy in Moscow
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  Consulate General in Saint Petersburg
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  Embassy in Oslo
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  Embassy in Paris
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  Embassy in Prague
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  Embassy in Riga
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  Torre Rio Sul hosting the Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro
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  Embassy in Rome
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  Embassy in Seoul
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  Embassy in Stockholm
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  Embassy in Tokyo
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  Embassy in Vienna
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  Embassy in Warsaw
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  Former Embassy building in Washington D.C.

Closed missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Congo-Kinshasa	Bukavu	Consulate-General	2008	[46][47]
Ghana	Accra	Embassy		[48]
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy	2015	[49]
Morocco	Casablanca	Consulate General	2015	[49]
South Africa	Johannesburg	Consulate-General	2015	[49]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Bolivia	La Paz	Embassy	2006	[50]
Canada	Toronto	Consulate-General	2015	[49]
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy	2006	[50]
Venezuela	Caracas	Diplomatic office	2021	[1]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	2015	[49]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Embassy	1990	[51]
India	Chennai	Consulate-General	2021	[12]
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	Unknown	[52]
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	2012	[53]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Cyprus	Nicosia	Embassy	2015	[49]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy	2015	[49][54]
France	Lille	Consulate-General	2015	[49][55]
	Strasbourg	Consulate-General	2015	[49]
Germany	Cologne	Consulate-General	2015	[49][56]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy	2015	[49]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy	2015	[49][57]
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy	2015	[49]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy	2015	[49]
Switzerland	Geneva	Consulate-General	2015	[49]

See also

• Foreign relations of Belgium
• List of diplomatic missions in Belgium
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area
• Honorary consulates of Belgium

Notes

1. Subordinate to the Belgian embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
2. Accredited as an observer mission.
3. Accredited as an observer mission.
4. Accredited as an observer mission.
5. This consulate general is neither accredited to Israel nor is it subordinate to the Belgian embassy in Tel Aviv. It has a special status, reporting directly to Brussels. Its jurisdiction covers both Jerusalem (the Corpus separatum) and the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 (West Bank and Gaza), and is accredited as well to the Palestinian Authority.
6. Bosnia is under the jurisdiction of the embassy in Zagreb for consular matters only. Diplomatic relations are conducted by the embassy in Sarajevo.
7. The Belgian Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

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External links

• Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs