This is a list of diplomatic missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo or Congo-Kinshasa. There are currently 60 embassies in Kinshasa.
Other major cities, namely Lubumbashi and Goma, are host to career consular missions and liaison offices.
Honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.
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Embassies
edit- Algeria[1]
- Angola
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Burundi[2]
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Cuba
- Czechia[3]
- Egypt
- Ethiopia[4]
- France
- Gabon
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece[5][6]
- Guinea
- Holy See
- India
- Iran
- Italy[7]
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Liberia[8]
- Libya
- Morocco[9]
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway[10]
- Portugal
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Serbia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine[11]
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe[12]
Other missions or delegations
edit- European Union (Delegation)
- Hungary (Embassy office)[13]
Consular missions
editNon-resident embassies accredited to Congo-Kinshasa
editResident in other cities:
- Australia (Harare)[33]
- Botswana (Lusaka)[34]
- Chile (New York City)[35]
- Croatia (Paris)[36]
- Denmark (Kampala)[37]
- Eswatini (Maputo)[38]
- Finland (Lusaka)[39]
- Ireland (Dar es Salaam)[40]
- Lesotho (Pretoria)[41]
- Mali (Libreville)[42]
- Malaysia (Windhoek)
- Mexico (Addis Ababa)[43]
- New Zealand (Addis Ababa)
- Paraguay (Pretoria)[44]
- Saudi Arabia (Kampala)[45]
- United Arab Emirates (Kigali)
- Uruguay (Pretoria)
- Venezuela (Brazzaville)[46]
Closed missions
editHost city | Sending country | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kinshasa | Argentina | Embassy | 1993 | [47]: 77 |
Austria | Embassy | 1993 | [48] | |
Benin | Consulate-General[a] | 2019 | [49][50] | |
Chile | Embassy | 1991 | [51] | |
East Germany | Embassy | 1990 | ||
Israel | Embassy | 2003 | [52] | |
North Korea | Embassy | 2023 | [53] | |
Poland | Embassy | 2008 | [54] | |
Romania | Embassy | 1999 | ||
Bukavu | Belgium | Consulate General | 2008 | [55][56] |
United States | Consulate | Unknown | [57] | |
Goma | Uganda | Consulate | 2000 | [58] |
Kisangani | United States | Consulate | Unknown | [57] |
Lubumbashi | France | Consulate | 1997 | [59] |
Greece | Consulate General | 1995 | [60][61] | |
United States | Consulate | 1995 | [62][63] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Originally an embassy, was downgraded into a consulate-general in the midst of a reduction of Beninese missions in 2016.
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