List of diplomatic missions in Libya

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Libya. Due to the Libyan Crisis, several countries have closed their embassies in Tripoli.


Map of diplomatic missions in Libya

Diplomatic missions in Tripoli edit

Embassies edit

Other missions or delegations edit

Gallery edit

Consular missions edit

Benghazi edit

 
Italian Consulate-General in Benghazi

Misrata edit

  •   Turkey (Consulate General)

Non-resident embassies edit

Resident in Algiers, Algeria edit

Resident in Cairo, Egypt edit

Resident in Tunis, Tunisia edit

Resident in other cities edit

Closed missions edit

Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref.
Tripoli   Australia Consulate-General 2011 [97]
  Azerbaijan Embassy Unknown [98][99]
  Belarus Embassy 2014 [100]
  Belgium Embassy 2015 [101]
  Brazil Embassy 2014 [102]
  Croatia Embassy 2011 [103]
  Cuba Embassy Unknown [104]
  Cyprus Embassy 2014 [105]
  Czechia Embassy 2019 [106]
  Eritrea Embassy 2015 [107]
  Finland Embassy 2003 [108]
  India Embassy 2019 [109]
  Iran Embassy Unknown [110]
  Kenya Embassy 2014 [111]
  Madagascar Embassy 2013 [112]
  Malawi Embassy 2004 [113]
  Malaysia Embassy 2014 [114]
  Morocco Embassy 2015 [115][116]
  North Korea Embassy 2024 [117]
  Oman Embassy 2014 [118][119]
  Poland Embassy 2014 [120]
  Portugal Embassy 2014 [121]
  Sierra Leone Embassy 2014 [122]
  Slovakia Embassy 2011 [123]
  South Africa Embassy Unknown [84][124]
  Sweden Embassy 1995
   Switzerland Embassy 2014 [73]
  Thailand Embassy 2014 [125][126]
  Togo Embassy 2015 [127]
  Uganda Embassy 2011 [128]
  Ukraine Embassy 2015 [129]
  United States Embassy 2014 [130]
  Vietnam Embassy 2018 [131]
  Venezuela Embassy Unknown [132]
Bayda   United States Consulate 1966 [133]
Benghazi   Bulgaria Consulate 2007 [134]
  France Consulate-General 1984 [135]
  Poland Consulate-General 2006 [120]
  Turkey Consulate-General 2014 [136][137]
  United Kingdom Consulate 2012 [138]
  United States Consulate 1966 [133]
Mission 2014 [133]
Kufra   Sudan Consulate 2017 [139]
Sabha   Algeria Consulate-General 2014 [citation needed]
  Niger Consulate Unknown [107][140]

Missions to Open edit

Tripoli edit

Benghazi edit

Sabha edit

  •   Chad (Consulate General)
  •   Turkey (Consulate General)

See also edit

References edit

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