List of diplomatic missions of Portugal
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Portugal. Portugal's diplomatic network is shaped by both its current interests in Europe and its historical linkages to its former colonies in Africa, South America and Asia. This is reflected in its choice of cities in Asia where Portugal has opened missions - there are Portuguese missions in Dili (but not in Kuala Lumpur), Macau (but not Hong Kong) and Goa (but not in Mumbai). Following the restoration of diplomatic relations with Indonesia in 1999, broken after the 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor, there is now an embassy in Jakarta.
Recently, the Portuguese government announced plans to close many of its consulates, particularly in France and the United States, where there are consulates in comparatively small cities such as New Bedford and Providence whose links to Portugal are based on receiving Luso-American immigrants in the nineteenth century. This met with opposition from many people of Portuguese origin in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as Congressman Barney Frank.[1]
The former Foreign Minister of Portugal, Luís Amado, proposed reprioritising its diplomatic network in order to deepen diplomatic engagement in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He proposed closing missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Kenya, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Peru, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine and Uruguay, and opening missions in Bahrain, Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Philippines, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.[2]
Africa
- Algeria
- Algiers (Embassy)
- Angola
- Cape Verde
- Praia (Embassy)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
- Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
- Guinea-Bissau
- Bissau (Embassy)
- Libya
- Tripoli (Embassy)
- Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Windhoek (Embassy)
- Nigeria
- Abuja (Embassy)
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- São Tomé (Embassy)
- Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
- South Africa
- Pretoria (Embassy)
- Cape Town (Consulate-General)
- Johannesburg (Consulate-General)
- Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
- Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
Americas
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
- Brazil
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
- Salvador (Consulate-General)
- São Paulo (Consulate-General)
- Belém (Consulate)
- Belo Horizonte (Consulate)
- Curitiba (Consulate)
- Porto Alegre (Consulate)
- Recife (Consulate)
- Santos (Consulate)
- Canada
- Chile
- Santiago (Embassy)
- Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- Cuba
- Havana (Embassy)
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Peru
- Lima (Embassy)
- United States
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- Boston (Consulate-General)
- New York (Consulate-General)
- Newark (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
- New Bedford (Consulate)
- Providence (Consulate)
- Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
- Venezuela
Asia
- Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Jakarta (Embassy)
- Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
- Israel
- Tel Aviv (Embassy)
- Japan
- Tokyo (Embassy)
- Republic of Korea
- Seoul (Embassy)
- Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
- Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh (Embassy)
- Singapore
- Singapore (Embassy)
- Thailand
- Bangkok (Embassy)
- Timor-Leste
- Dili (Embassy)
- Turkey
- Ankara (Embassy)
- United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi (Embassy)
Europe
- Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
- Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
- Croatia
- Zagreb (Embassy)
- Cyprus
- Nicosia (Embassy)
- Czech Republic
- Prague (Embassy)
- Denmark
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
- Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
- France
- Paris (Embassy)
- Bordeaux (Consulate-General)
- Lyon (Consulate-General)
- Marseilles (Consulate-General)
- Strasbourg (Consulate-General)
- Toulouse (Vice-Consulate)
- Germany
- Berlin (Embassy)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
- Frankfurt (Consulate-General)
- Hamburg (Consulate-General)
- Stuttgart (Consulate-General)
- Greece
- Athens (Embassy)
- Holy See
- Vatican City (Embassy)
- Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
- Ireland
- Dublin (Embassy)
- Italy
- Rome (Embassy)
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
- Malta
- Valletta (Embassy)
- Netherlands
- The Hague (Embassy)
- Norway
- Oslo (Embassy)
- Poland
- Warsaw (Embassy)
- Romania
- Bucharest (Embassy)
- Russia
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
- Spain
- Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- Kiev (Embassy)
- United Kingdom
- London (Embassy)
- Manchester (Consulate-General)
Oceania
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (Permanent Representation to the European Union and NATO)
- Geneva (Permanent Mission to the United Nations and other international organisations)
- New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations)
- Paris (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and UNESCO)
- Strasbourg (Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe)
- Vienna (Permanent Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
See also
- ↑ "U.S. representative asks Portugal not to close consulate." Associated Press. 27 December 2006. Retrieved on 6 January 2009.
- ↑ The reform of the Portuguese diplomatic network Paulo Gorjão Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS)