List of diplomatic missions in Benin

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Benin. The capital city of Cotonou hosts 30 embassies.


Diplomatic missions in Benin


Diplomatic missions in Cotonou

Embassies

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

Other missions or delegations

  1. European Union (Delegation)[3][8]
  2.  Switzerland (Cooperation office & consular agency)[3][16][17]
  3. Togo (Embassy office)[3]

Consular missions in Cotonou

  1. Burkina Faso (Consulate-General)[3][18]
  2. Equatorial Guinea (Consulate-General)[3][19]
  3. Gabon (Consulate-General) [20]

Non-resident embassies accredited to Benin

Resident in Abuja, Nigeria

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

Resident in Accra, Ghana

  1. Burkina Faso[3][7]
  2. Colombia[43]
  3. Ivory Coast[3][6][44]
  4. Lebanon[11]
  5. Mali[10][45]
  6. Namibia[10]
  7. Pakistan[46]
  8. Peru
  9. Rwanda[10][47]
  10. South Korea[10]
  11.  Switzerland[16][17]
  12. United Kingdom[3][11]

Resident in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

  1. Denmark[48]
  2. Nicaragua[8]

Resident in Rabat, Morocco

  1. Kazakhstan[49]
  2. Paraguay[50]
  3. Vietnam[3][11]

Resident elsewhere

  1. Croatia (Paris)[51]
  2. Gabon (Lomé)[3]
  3. Iran (Niamey)[6]
  4. Israel (Abidjan)[3][12]
  5. Madagascar (Dakar)[52]
  6. Malawi (Addis Ababa)[53]
  7. Mauritania (Niamey)[11][25]
  8. Seychelles (Addis Ababa)[54]
  9. Sri Lanka (Nairobi)[55]
  10. Sweden (Stockholm)[56]

References

  1. ↑ Amin Kef (25 July 2025). "Ambassador Hachem Abdelhafid: Embassy Opening Marks New Era in Algeria–Sierra Leone Relations". The Calabash Newspaper. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bénin: Ammar Hadjar, nouvel ambassadeur d'Algerie" [Benin: Ammar Hadjar, Algeria's new ambassador]. Le Matinal. 9 March 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 "Pays ou Institutions Représentés au Bénin" [Countries or Institutions Represented in Benin]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Benin (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Diplomatie : Le Canada ouvre officiellement sa première ambassade résidente au Bénin (Nouvelle étape historique dans les relations bilatérales)". gouv.bj (in French). 6 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Chad officially opens first permanent Embassy in Cotonou, Benin". African Press Agency News. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Le Président Talon reçoit 10 nouveaux ambassadeurs" [President Talon receives 10 new ambassadors]. 24 Heures au Bénin (in French). 13 March 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Joël C. Tokponou (13 March 2025). "Diplomatie: Parcours des neuf nouveaux ambassadeurs installés" [Diplomacy: Journey of the nine new installed ambassadors]. La Nation (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Diplomatie : Remise de lettres de créance de douze (12) Ambassadeurs" [Diplomacy: Presentation of credentials of twelve (12) Ambassadors]. Presidency of Benin (in French). 14 November 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Official reopening of the Haitian Embassy in Benin". Haiti Libre. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Diplomatie : Remise de lettres de créance de huit (08) nouveaux Ambassadeurs au Président Patrice TALON" [Diplomacy: Presentation of credentials by eight (08) new Ambassadors to President Patrice TALON]. Presidency of Benin (in French). 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Diplomatie : Le Président Patrice TALON reçoit les lettres de créance de dix-sept (17) Ambassadeurs". Presidency of Benin (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Akpédjé Ayosso (22 January 2024). "Talon reçoit les lettres de créances de 8 ambassadeurs". 24 Heures au Bénin (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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  16. 1 2 "Switzerland and Benin". Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Switzerland and Ghana". Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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  19. ↑ Equatorial Guinea Missions Abroad (in Spanish)
  20. ↑ "Carte Diplomatique" (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Gabon. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Relação Diplomática na Nigéria" [Diplomatic Relationship in Nigeria]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "Embajadas y Consulados" [Embassies and Consulates]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  23. ↑ "Burundi Embassies Abroad". Ministry of External Relations and International Cooperation (Burundi). Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  24. ↑ "Finland's embassies, consulates general and honorary consulates by country". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  25. 1 2 "Présentation de copies figurées de lettres de créance :Cinq ambassadeurs agréés au cabinet du ministre Agbénonci". acotonou.com (in French). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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  27. ↑ "Greece's Bilateral Relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  28. ↑ "Missions Abroad". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  29. ↑ "Embassy of Hungary - Abuja". Embassy of Hungary in Abuja, Nigeria. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  30. ↑ "High Commission of India, Abuja, Nigeria". Ministry of External Affairs of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  31. ↑ "Irish Embassies and Consulates Abroad". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  32. ↑ "Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria". Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  33. ↑ "Directory of Diplomatic Corps and International Organizations 2024/2025" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs (Kenya). May 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  34. ↑ "Nigeria-Liberia Relations". Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  35. ↑ "High Commission of Malaysia, Abuja". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  36. ↑ "Embassy of Mexico in Nigeria". Embassy of Mexico in Abuja, Nigeria. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  37. ↑ "سفارة دولة فلسطين – جمهورية بنين". وزارة الخارجية الفلسطينية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  38. ↑ "Romania's ambassador to Nigeria, Florin Talapan, also accredited to Benin". ACTMedia. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  39. ↑ "Diplomatic Missions of the Slovak Republic". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  40. ↑ "High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania - Abuja, Nigeria". Ministry of Foreign Affairs & East African Cooperation of Tanzania. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  41. ↑ "Liste des missions diplomatiques" [List of diplomatic missions] (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of Tunisia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  42. ↑ "Zimbabwe Embassies". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  43. ↑ "Decreto Número 1439 de 27 de diciembre de 2025" [Decree Number 1439 of 27 February 2025] (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  44. ↑ "Ambassade de Côte d'Ivoire au Ghana" [Embassy of Ivory Coast in Ghana]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  45. ↑ "MISSIONS DIPLOMATIQUES ET CONSULAIRES DU MALI À L'EXTÉRIEUR". diplomatie.gouv.ml (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  46. ↑ "High Commission of Pakistan - Accra, Ghana". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  47. ↑ Moise M. Bahati (25 July 2024). "Ambassador Mbabazi presents credentials to Benin president". The New Times. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  48. ↑ "Find Danish Embassies and Consulates Abroad". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  49. ↑ "Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of Morocco". Government of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  50. ↑ "Embapar Marruecos". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  51. ↑ "Embassies of the Republic of Croatia in the world". Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  52. ↑ "Représentations extérieures" [External Representations]. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  53. ↑ "Malawi Missions in Africa and Middle East". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malawi. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  54. ↑ "Ethiopia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Seychelles. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  55. ↑ "Africa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  56. ↑ "Embassy of Sweden Benin, Stockholm-based". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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