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Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations

Israel's Diplomatic Missions Abroad:
Status of relations

Updated September 2011

Total number of countries with which Israel maintains diplomatic relations: 159. *

In addition, Israel maintains:

a mission to the United Nations (New York)
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Geneva
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Paris
a mission to the United Nations institutions in Vienna
a mission to the European Union (Brussels)

Number of diplomatic missions:

76 resident embassies
19 consulates general
5 special missions

Total: 100

Note

Morocco, Tunisia and the Sultanate of Oman closed the Israeli offices in these countries in October 2000 and suspended relations with Israel. Niger, which renewed relations with Israel in November 1996, severed them in April 2002.
Venezuela and Bolivia severed diplomatic relations with Israel in January 2009 in the wake of the IDF operation against Hamas in Gaza, followed by Mauritania in March 2009.

State	Place of Repre- sentation	Repre- sentation	Status of Diplomatic Relations	Date	Headed by
Albania		Non- Resident	Estab.	8/1991	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Albania					Honorary Consul
Andorra		Non- Resident.	Estab.	5/1994	Rep. by Amb. in Spain
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Estab.	4/1992	Ambass.
Antigua & Barbuda		Non- Resident	Estab.		Rep. by Amb. in Dominican Republic
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
	Mendoza				Honorary Consul
	Cordova				Honorary Consul
Armenia		Non- Resident	Estab.	4/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Georgia
Australia	Canberra	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Austria	Vienna/ UN	Delegation			Ambass.
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy	Estab.	4/1992	Ambass.
Bahamas	Nassau	Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1974	Rep. by Amb. in Mexico
Bahamas					Honorary Consul
Barbados		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1966	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Barbados	Bridgetown				Honorary Consul
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy	Estab.	5/1992	Ambass.
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
	Brussels (EU)	Delegation			Ambass.
	Antwerp				Honorary Consul
	Liege				Honorary Consul
Belize		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1981	Rep. by Amb. in El Salvador
Belize	Belize City				Honorary Consul
Benin		Non- Resident	Renewal	7/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Cote D'Ivoire
Benin					Honorary Consul
Bolivia		Severed relations 1/2009	(Recog.)	(1/1950)
Bolivia	Santa Cruz				Honorary Consul
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Non- Resident	Estab.	9/1997	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Botswana		Non- Resident	Renewal	12/1993	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Brazil	Brasilia	Embassy	Recog.	1/1950	Ambass.
	Sao Paulo				Honorary Consul
	Rio de Janeiro				Honorary Consul
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Renewal	5/1990	Ambass.
Bulgaria	Varna				Honorary Consul
Burkina Fasso		Non- Resident	Renewal	10/1993	Rep. by Amb. in Cote D'Ivoire
Burundi		Non- Resident	Renewal	3/1995	Rep. by Amb. in Ethiopia
Cambodia		Non- Resident	Renewal	10/1993	Rep. by Amb. in Thailand
Cameroon	Yaounde	Embassy	Renewal	8/1991	Ambass.
Canada	Ottawa	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
	Toronto	Consulate General			Consul General
	Montreal	Consulate General			Consul General
Cape Verde		Non- Resident	Estab.	7/1994	Rep. by Amb. in Senegal
Cape Verde					Honorary Consul
Central African Republic		Non- Resident	Renewal	1/1991	Rep. by Amb. in Cameroon
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
	Iquique				Honorary Consul
	Temuco, Araucania				Honorary Consul
China	Beijing	Embassy	Estab.	1/1992	Ambass.
	Guangzhou	Consulate General			Consul General
	Hong-Kong	Consulate General			Consul General
	Shanghai	Consulate General			Consul General
Colombia	Bogota	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Colombia	Cali				Honorary Consul
Congo		Non- Resident	Renewal	7/1991	Rep. by Amb. in Cameroon
Cook Islands		Non- Resident			Rep. by Amb. in New Zealand
Costa Rica	San Jose	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Costa Rica	San Jose				Honorary Consul
Cote d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Embassy	Renewal	2/86	Ambass.
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Estab.	9/1997	Ambass.
Cyprus	Nicosia	Embassy	Recog.	10/1960	Ambass.
Cyprus	Limassol				Honorary Consul
Czech Republic	Prague	Embassy	Estab.	1/1993	Ambass.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)	Kinshasa	Non- Resident	Renewal	5/1982	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Dominica		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1978	Rep. by Amb. in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Dominican Republic	Santiago de los Caballeros				Honorary Consul
East Timor		Non- Resident	Estab.	5/2002	Rep. by Amb. in Singapore
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy	Recog.	1/1950	Ambass.
Ecuador	Guayaquil				Honorary Consul
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	Estab.	2/1980	Ambass.
Egypt	Alexandria	Consulate General			Consul General
El Salvador	San Salvador	Embassy	Recog.	1/1950	Ambass.
Equatorial Guinea		Non- Resident	Renewal	1/1994	Rep. by Amb. in Cameroon
Eritrea	Asmara	Embassy	Estab.	5/1993	Ambass.
Estonia		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Finland
Estonia					Honorary Consul
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Renewal	11/1989	Ambass.
Fiji		Non- Resident		8/1970	Rep. by Amb. in Australia
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
France	Paris	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
	Marseille	Consulate General			Consul General
	Paris (UN)	Delegation			Ambass.
Gabon		Non- Resident	Renewal	9/1993	Rep. by Amb. in Cameroon
Gambia		Non- Resident	Renewal	9/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Senegal
Gambia	Banjul				Honorary Consul
Georgia	Tbilisi	Embassy	Estab.	6/1992	Ambass.
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	Estab.	10/1965	Ambass.
Germany	Munich	Consulate General			Consul General
Ghana	Accra	Embassy	Renewal	8/1994	Ambass.
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Upgrading	5/1991	Ambass.
Grenada		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1975	Rep. by Amb. in Dominican Republic
Guatemala	Guatemala	Embassy	Recog.	1/1950	Ambass.
Guinea Bissau		Non- Resident	Estab.	3/94	Rep. by Amb. in Senegal
Guyana		Non- Resident	Renewal	3/1992	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Haiti		Non- Resident	Recog.	1/50	Rep. by Amb. in Dominican Republic
Haiti	Port-au-Prince				Honorary Consul
Holy See	Vatican	Embassy	Estab.	12/1993	Ambass.
Honduras		Non- Resident	Recog.	1/1950	Rep. by Amb. in Guatemala
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	Renewal	9/1989	Ambass.
Hungary	Szeged				Honorary Consul
Iceland		Non- Resident	Recog.	5/1948	Rep. by Amb. in Norway
Iceland	Reykjavik				Honorary Consul
India	New Delhi	Embassy	Upgrading	1/1992	Ambass.
	Mumbai	Consulate General			Consul General
	Calcutta				Honorary Consul
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy	Estab.	1/1975	Ambass.
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Jamaica		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1962	Rep. by Amb. in Dominican Republic
Jamaica	Kingston				Honorary Consul
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		1/1952	Ambass.
	Kyushu				Honorary Consul
	Osaka				Honorary Consul
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	Estab.	10/1994	Ambass.
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy	Estab.	4/1992	Ambass.
Kazakhstan	Almaty				Honorary Consul
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	Renewal	12/1988	Ambass.
Kiribati		Non- Resident		3/1984	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Korea, Republic of	Seoul	Embassy	Recog.	1/1963	Ambass.
Kyrghizstan		Non- Resident	Estab.	3/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Kazakhstan
Laos, PDR		Non- Resident	Renewal	12/1993	Rep. by Amb. in Vietnam
Latvia	Riga	Embassy	Estab.	1/1992	Ambass.
Lesotho		Non- Resident	Renewal	8/1986	Rep. by Amb. in S. Africa
Liberia		Non- Resident	Renewal	8/1983	Rep. by Amb. in Cote d'Ivoire
Liechten- stein		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Switzerland
Lithuania		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Latvia
Luxembourg		Non- Resident	Recog.	1/1949	Rep. by Amb. in Belgium
Luxembourg	Luxembourg- ville				Honorary Consul
Macedonia		Non- Resident	Estab.	12/1995	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Macedonia					Honorary Consul
Madagascar		Non- Resident	Renewal	1/1994	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Malawi		Non- Resident	Estab.	7/1964	Rep. by Amb. in Kenya
Malta		Non- Resident	Estab.	12/1965	Rep. by Amb. in Italy
Marshall Islands		Non- Resident	Estab.	11/1986	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Marshall Islands	Majuro				Honorary Consul
Mauritania		Severed relations 3/2009	(Upgrading)	(11/1999)
Mauritius		Non- Resident	Renewal	9/1993	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Mauritius	Port Louis				Honorary Consul
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	Recog.	1/1950	Ambass.
	Guadalajara				Honorary Consul
	Tijuana				Honorary Consul
	Monterrey				Honorary Consul
Micronesia		Non- Resident	Estab.	9/1987	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Moldova		Non- Resident	Estab.	6/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Ukraine
Monaco		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1964	Rep. by Cons. Res. in Marseilles
Mongolia		Non- Resident	Estab.	9/1991	Rep. by Amb. in China
Mongolia					Honorary Consul
Montenegro, Republic of		Non- Resident	Estab.	7/2006	Rep. by Amb. in Serbia
Morocco	Rabat		Joint Declaration*	10/1994	Relations suspended 10/2000
Mozambique		Non- Resident	Estab.	7/1993	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Namibia		Non- Resident	Estab.	2/1994	Rep. by Amb. in S.Africa
Nauru		Non- Resident	Estab.	12/1994	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	Estab.	6/1960	Ambass.
Netherlands	Hague	Embassy	Estab.	1/1949	Ambass.
Netherlands	Maastricht				Honorary Consul
New Zealand	Wellington	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Nicaragua		Non- Resident	Renewal; suspended 8/2010	10/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Costa Rica
Nigeria	Lagos	Embassy	Renewal	5/1992	Ambass.
Niue		Non- Resident			Rep. by Amb. in New Zealand
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Palau		Non- Resident	Estab.	10/1994	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Panama	Panama City	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Papua New Guinea		Non- Resident	Renewal	6/1978	Rep. by Amb. in Australia
Paraguay		Non- Resident	Recog.	1/1949	Rep. by Amb. in Argentina
Peru	Lima	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Estab.	8/1957	Embassy
Philippines	Cebu				Honorary Consul
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	Renewal	2/1990	Ambass.
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Estab.	1/1977	Ambass.
Portugal	Porto				Honorary Consul
Qatar	Doha	Trade Office closed 2/2009	Estab.	4/1996
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	Recog.	5/1948	Ambass.
Russian Federation	Moscow	Embassy	Estab.	1/1992	Ambass.
Russian Federation	St. Petersburg	Consulate General			Consul General
Rwanda		Non- Resident	Renewal	10/1994	Rep. by Amb. in Ethiopia
Samoa		Non- Resident	Estab.	6/1977	Rep. by Amb. in New Zealand
San Marino		Non- Resident	Estab.	11/1995	Rep. by Amb. in Italy
Sao Tome & Principe		Non- Resident	Estab.	11/1993	Rep. by Amb. in Angola
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Renewal	8/1994	Ambass.
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Renewal	10/1991	Ambass.
Seychelles		Non- Resident	Estab.	9/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Kenya
Sierra Leone		Non- Resident	Renewal	5/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Senegal
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy	Estab.	5/1969	Ambass.
Slovak Republic	Bratislava	Embassy	Estab.	1/1993	Ambass.
Slovenia		Non- Resident	Estab.	4/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Austria
Slovenia					Honorary Consul
Solomon Islands		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1989	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Solomon Islands					Honorary Consul
South Africa	Pretoria	Embassy	Estab.	1/1975	Ambass.
South Sudan	Juba		Estab.	7/2011
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Estab.	1/1986	Ambass.
Spain	Barcelona				Honorary Consul
Sri Lanka		Non- Resident	Renewal	5/2000	Rep. by Amb. in India
St. Kitts and Nevis		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1984	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
St. Lucia		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1979	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
St. Vincent & The Grenadines		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1981	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Sultanate of Oman	Muskat		Estab.*	1/1996	Relations suspended 10/2000
Surinam		Non- Resident	Estab.	2/1976	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Surinam	Paramaribo				Honorary Consul
Swaziland		Non- Resident	Estab.	9/1968	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
Switzerland	Geneva (UN)	Delegation			Ambass.
Tajikistan		Non- Resident	Estab.	4/1992	Rep. by Amb. in Uzbekistan
Tanzania		Non- Resident	Renewal	2/1995	Rep. by Amb. in Kenya
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	Estab.	1958	Ambass.
Togo		Non- Resident	Renewal	6/1987	Rep. by Amb. in Cote d'Ivoire
Tonga		Non- Resident	Estab.	6/1977	Rep. by Amb. in New Zealand
Trinidad & Tobago		Non- Resident	Estab.	1/1962	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Tunisia	Tunis		Joint Declaration*	1/1996	Relations suspended 10/2000
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	Upgrading	12/1991	Ambass.
Turkey	Istanbul	Consulate General			Consul General
Turkmenistan	Ashkhabad	Non- Resident	Estab.	10/1993	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Tuvalu		Non- Resident	Estab.	7/1984	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Uganda		Non- Resident	Renewal	7/1994	Rep. by Amb. in Kenya
Ukraine	Kiev	Embassy	Estab.	12/1991	Ambass.
United Kingdom	London	Embassy	Recog.	1/1949	Ambass.
United Kingdom	Gibraltar				Honorary Consul
United States of America	Washington	Embassy	Recog.	5/1948	Ambass.
	Atlanta	Consulate General			Consul General
	Boston	Consulate General			Consul General
	Houston	Consulate General			Consul General
	Los Angeles	Consulate General			Consul General
	Miami	Consulate General			Consul General
	New York	Consulate General			Consul General
	New York (UN)	Delegation			Ambass.
	San Francisco	Consulate General			Consul General
	Philadelphia	Consulate General			Consul General
	Chicago	Consulate General			Consul General
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy	Recog.	5/1948	Ambass.
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy	Estab.	2/1992	Ambass.
Vanuatu		Non- Resident	Estab.	12/1993	Rep. by Amb. in MFA, Jerusalem
Vanuatu					Honorary Consul
Venezuela		Severed relations 1/2009	(Recog.)	(1/1950)
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	Estab.	7/1993	Ambass.
Zambia		Non- Resident	Renewal	12/1991	Rep. by Amb. in Kenya
Zimbabwe		Non- Resident	Estab.	11/1993	Rep. by Amb. in S. Africa

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