List of diplomatic missions in Benin

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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Benin. The capital city of Cotonou hosts 26 embassies.


Diplomatic missions in Benin


Diplomatic missions in Cotonou

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Embassies

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  1.  Belgium[1]
  2.  Brazil[1]
  3.  China[1][2]
  4.  Cuba[1][3]
  5. Congo-Kinshasa[1]
  6.  Egypt[1][3]
  7.  France[1][4]
  8.  Germany[1][3]
  9.  Ghana[1]
  10. Holy See[1][2]
  11.  Japan[1][5]
  12.  Kuwait[1][6]
  13.  Libya[7]
  14. Luxembourg[1][8]
  15.  Morocco[1][9]
  16.  Netherlands[1][3]
  17. Niger[1][2]
  18. Nigeria[6]
  19.  Qatar[1]
  20.  Russia[1]
  21.  South Africa[1]
  22. Sovereign Military Order of Malta[1][10]
  23. Turkey[1]
  24. United Arab Emirates[6]
  25.  United States[1]
  26.  Venezuela[1][4]

Other missions or delegations

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  1. Canada (Embassy office)[1]
  2. European Union (Delegation)[1][4]
  3.  Switzerland (Cooperation office & consular agency)[1][11][12]
  4. Togo (Embassy office)[1]

Consular missions in Cotonou

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  1. Burkina Faso (Consulate-General)[1][13]
  2. Chad (Consulate)[1][14]
  3. Equatorial Guinea (Consulate-General)[1][15]
  4. Gabon (Consulate-General) [16]

Non-resident embassies accredited to Benin

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Resident in Abuja, Nigeria

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  1. Algeria[2]
  2. Angola[1][3][17]
  3. Argentina[18]
  4. Australia[4]
  5. Austria[6]
  6. Bulgaria[6]
  7. Burundi[5][19]
  8. Equatorial Guinea[7]
  9. Czech Republic[6]
  10. Finland[1][20]
  11. Gambia[3][21][22]
  12. Greece[1][4][23]
  13. Guinea[1][2]
  14. Guinea-Bissau[6]
  15. Hungary[5][24][25]
  16. India[6][26]
  17. Indonesia[1]
  18. Ireland[4][27][28]
  19. Italy[1][6]
  20. Kenya[29]
  21. Liberia[30]
  22. Malaysia[4][31]
  23. Mexico[32]
  24. Norway[1][4]
  25. Palestine[1][33]
  26. Philippines[1]
  27. Poland[7]
  28. Portugal[2]
  29. Romania[34]
  30. Saudi Arabia[7]
  31. Serbia[6]
  32. Sierra Leone[1][6]
  33. Slovakia[35]
  34. Spain[6]
  35. Sudan[1]
  36. Tanzania[36]
  37. Thailand[5]
  38. Togo[1]
  39. Tunisia[2][37]
  40. Uganda[1]
  41. Ukraine[1]
  42. Zambia[1]
  43. Zimbabwe[3][38]

Resident in Accra, Ghana

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  1. Burkina Faso[1][3]
  2. Colombia[39]
  3. Ivory Coast[1][2][40]
  4. Lebanon[6]
  5. Mali[1][5][41]
  6. Namibia[1][5]
  7. Peru
  8. Rwanda[5][42]
  9. South Korea[1][5]
  10.  Switzerland[11][12]
  11. United Kingdom[1][6]

Resident in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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  1. Canada[2]
  2. Chad[4]
  3. Denmark[43]
  4. Nicaragua[4]

Resident in Rabat, Morocco

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  1. Kazakhstan[44]
  2. Paraguay[45]
  3. Vietnam[1][6]

Resident elsewhere

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  1. Croatia (Paris)[46]
  2. Gabon (Lomé)[1]
  3. Iran (Niamey)[2]
  4. Israel (Abidjan)[1][7]
  5. Madagascar (Dakar)[47]
  6. Malawi (Addis Ababa)[48]
  7. Mauritania (Niamey)[6][21]
  8. Sri Lanka (Nairobi)[49]
  9. Sweden (Stockholm)[50]

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References

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