List of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

Diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka, excluding honorary consulates.

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Egypt Cairo Embassy 1958
Countries:
[1][2]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy 2017
Countries:
International Organizations:
[3][2][4]
 Kenya Nairobi High Commission 1970 [1][2]
 Seychelles Victoria High Commission 2013
Countries:
[3][2]
 South Africa Pretoria High Commission 1997 [3][2]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Brazil Brasília Embassy
Countries:
[5]
 Canada Ottawa High Commission 1958 [1][5][6]
Toronto Consulate-General 2001 [5][6]
 Cuba Havana Embassy 1987 [1][5]
 United States Washington, D.C. Embassy 1948
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][5][7][8][9]
Los Angeles Consulate-General 1999 [5][10]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Bahrain Manama Embassy 2013 [3][11]
 Bangladesh Dhaka High Commission 1979 [3][12][13]
 China Beijing Embassy 1957
Countries:
[1][14][15]
Guangzhou Consulate-General 2012 [3][14][15]
Shanghai Consulate-General [14][15]
 India New Delhi High Commission 1948 [1][12][16]
Chennai Deputy High Commission 1957 [1][12][17]
Mumbai Consulate-General 1983 [1][12]
 Indonesia Jakarta Embassy 1952
International Organizations:
[1][14][18]
 Iran Tehran Embassy 1990
Countries:
[1][11]
 Israel Tel Aviv Embassy 2000 [3][11]
 Japan Tokyo Embassy 1953 [1][14][19]
 Jordan Amman Embassy 1996 [3][11]
 Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 1982 [1][11]
 Lebanon Beirut Embassy 1997
Countries:
[3][11]
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission 1957 [1][14][20]
 Maldives Malé High Commission 1980 [3][12]
 Myanmar Yangon Embassy 1949 [1][14]
   Nepal Kathmandu High Commission 1993 [3][12]
 Oman Muscat Embassy 1987
Countries:
[1][11]
 Pakistan Islamabad High Commission 1950
Countries:
[1][12]
Karachi Consulate-General [12][21][22]
 Palestine Ramallah Embassy 2007 [3][11][23]
 Philippines Manila Embassy 1961 [1][14]
 Qatar Doha Embassy 1997 [3][11][24]
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy 1981 [1][11]
Jeddah Consulate-General 1997 [3][11]
 Singapore Singapore Embassy 1971
Countries:
[1][14][25][26]
 South Korea Seoul Embassy 1987 [1][14][27]
 Thailand Bangkok Embassy 1966
Countries:
[1][14][28]
 Turkey Ankara Embassy 2012
Countries:
[3][29]
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy 1979[b] [1][11][30]
Dubai Consulate-General 1993 [1][11]
 Vietnam Hanoi Embassy 2003 [3][14]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Austria Vienna Embassy 1995 [1][29][31][32]
 Belgium Brussels Embassy 1973
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][29][33]
 France Paris Embassy 1956
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][29][34]
 Germany Berlin Embassy 1958[c] [1][3][29][35]
 Italy Rome Embassy 1952
Countries:
[1][29][36]
Milan Consulate-General 2016 [3][29]
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy 1993 [1][29]
 Poland Warsaw Embassy
Countries:
[29][37]
 Romania Bucharest Embassy [29][38]
 Russia Moscow Embassy 1957
Countries:
[1][29]
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy 1970
Countries:
[1][29][39][40][41][42]
  Switzerland Geneva Consulate-General [35][43]
 United Kingdom London High Commission 1948
Countries:
[1][29][44][45]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 Australia Canberra High Commission 1949 [1][14]
Melbourne Consulate-General 2013 [3][14]

Multilateral organizations

Organization Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
 United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission
Countries:
[1][5][23]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission 1965
Countries:
International Organizations:
[1][29][23][43][46]

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
 Libya Tripoli Embassy 2009 2011 [47][48]
 Nigeria Abuja High Commission 2013 2021 [49]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2014 2022 [1][50]
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy[d] 2022 [49]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
 Cyprus Nicosia Consulate-General[e] 2019 2021 [1][49]
 Germany Frankfurt Consulate-General[f] 2007 2021 [49][51]
 Norway Oslo Embassy 2022 [49]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
 Australia Sydney Consulate-General 1999 2022 [49]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ^ Originally opened as a resident mission; was upgraded into an embassy in 1983.
  3. ^ Originally opened in Bonn; was moved to Berlin in 1999.
  4. ^ To be reopened.
  5. ^ To be reopened.
  6. ^ To be reopened.

References

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