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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:  Eritrea  Libya
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	2017	Countries:  Djibouti  Somalia International Organizations:  African Union
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	1970	Countries:  Benin  Burkina Faso  Congo-Brazzaville  Congo-Kinshasa  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Ivory Coast  Liberia  Mali  Mauritania  Nigeria  Senegal  Sierra Leone  South Sudan  Tanzania  Togo  Uganda International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Seychelles	Victoria	High Commission	2013	Countries:  Madagascar  Mauritius
South Africa	Pretoria	High Commission	1997	Countries:  Angola  Botswana  Eswatini  Lesotho  Malawi  Mozambique  Namibia  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		Countries:  Argentina  Chile  Colombia  Paraguay  Peru  Suriname  Uruguay
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	1958
	Toronto	Consulate-General	2001
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	1987	Countries:  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Haiti  Honduras  Jamaica  Panama  Venezuela
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	1948	Countries:  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General	1999

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	2013
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission	1979
China	Beijing	Embassy	1957	Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General	2012
	Shanghai	Consulate-General
India	New Delhi	High Commission	1948
	Chennai	Deputy High Commission	1957
	Mumbai	Consulate-General	1983
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	1952	International Organizations:  Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	1990	Countries:  Azerbaijan  Turkmenistan
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy	2000
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	1953
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	1996
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	1982
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy	1997	Countries:  Syria
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	1957
Maldives	Malé	High Commission	1980
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	1949
Nepal	Kathmandu	High Commission	1993
Oman	Muscat	Embassy	1987	Countries:  Yemen
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission	1950	Countries:  Kyrgyzstan
	Karachi	Consulate-General
Palestine	Ramallah	Embassy	2007
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	1961
Qatar	Doha	Embassy	1997
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	1981
	Jeddah	Consulate-General	1997
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy	1971	Countries:  Brunei
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	1987
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	1966	Countries:  Cambodia  Laos International Organizations: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	2012	Countries:  Georgia  Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	1979
	Dubai	Consulate-General	1993
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	2003

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	1995	Countries:  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Czechia  Hungary  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia International Organizations:  United Nations CTBTO Preparatory Commission International Atomic Energy Agency United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	1973	Countries:  Luxembourg International Organizations:  European Union
France	Paris	Embassy	1956	Countries:  Andorra  Monaco  Portugal  Spain International Organizations:  UNESCO UN Tourism
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	1958	Countries:  Croatia  Montenegro  North Macedonia   Switzerland
Italy	Rome	Embassy	1952	Countries:  Albania  Cyprus  Greece  Malta  San Marino International Organizations: [REDACTED] Food and Agriculture Organization [REDACTED] International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme
	Milan	Consulate-General	2016
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	1993	International Organizations: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		Countries:  Bulgaria
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	1957	Countries:  Armenia  Belarus  Moldova  Uzbekistan
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	1970	Countries:  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  Iceland  Latvia  Lithuania  Norway
Switzerland	Geneva	Consulate-General
United Kingdom	London	High Commission	1948	Countries:  Ireland

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	High Commission	1949	Countries:  Fiji  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu
	Melbourne	Consulate-General	2013

Multilateral organizations

Organization	Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		Countries:  Bahamas
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	1965	Countries:  Holy See International Organizations:  World Trade Organization

Gallery

• High Commission in Canberra
• High Commission in Kuala Lumpur
• High Commission in London
• Embassy in Moscow
• Residence of the High Commissioner in Ottawa
• Embassy in Paris
• Embassy in Tokyo
• Embassy in Vienna
• Embassy in Warsaw
• Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Closed missions

Africa

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

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Year closed	Ref.
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	2014	2022
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy		2022

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year opened	Year closed	Ref.
Cyprus	Nicosia	Consulate-General	2019	2021
Germany	Frankfurt	Consulate-General	2007	2021
Norway	Oslo	Embassy		2022

Oceania

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

See also

• Foreign relations of Sri Lanka
• List of diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka
• List of heads of missions from Sri Lanka

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.

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