List of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

Diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka, excluding honorary consulates. Sri Lanka has missions across almost all continents with bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 50 countries and states, and 2 permanent missions with the United Nations in New York City and Geneva.

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Egypt Cairo Embassy 1958 [1][2][3]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy 2017 [4][2][5]
Kenya Nairobi High Commission 1970 [1][2]
Seychelles Victoria High Commission 2013
Countries:
 [4][2]
South Africa Pretoria High Commission 1997 [4][2]

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Brazil Brasília Embassy [6]
Canada Ottawa High Commission 1958 [1][6][7]
Toronto Consulate-General 2001 [6][7]
Cuba Havana Embassy 1987 [1][6]
United States Washington, D.C. Embassy 1948
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][6][8][9][10]
Los Angeles Consulate-General 1999 [6][11]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Bahrain Manama Embassy 2013 [4][12]
Bangladesh Dhaka High Commission 1979 [4][13][14]
China Beijing Embassy 1957
Countries:
 [1][15][16]
Guangzhou Consulate-General 2012 [4][15][16]
Shanghai Consulate-General [15][16]
India New Delhi High Commission 1948 [1][13][17]
Chennai Deputy High Commission 1957 [1][13][18]
Mumbai Consulate-General 1983 [1][13]
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy 1952
International Organizations:
 [1][15][19]
Iran Tehran Embassy 1990 [1][12]
Israel Tel Aviv Embassy 2000 [4][12]
Japan Tokyo Embassy 1953 [1][15][20]
Jordan Amman Embassy 1996 [4][12]
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy 1982 [1][12]
Lebanon Beirut Embassy 1997
Countries:
 [4][12]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission 1957 [1][15][21]
Maldives Malé High Commission 1980 [4][13]
Myanmar Yangon Embassy 1949 [1][15]
  Nepal Kathmandu Embassy 1993 [4][13]
Oman Muscat Embassy 1987
Countries:
 [1][12]
Pakistan Islamabad High Commission 1950
Countries:
 [1][13]
Karachi Consulate-General [13][22][23]
Palestine Ramallah Representative office 2007 [4][12][24][25]
Philippines Manila Embassy 1961 [1][15]
Qatar Doha Embassy 1997 [4][12][26]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy 1981 [1][12]
Jeddah Consulate-General 1997 [4][12]
Singapore Singapore Embassy 1971
Countries:
 [1][15][27][28]
South Korea Seoul Embassy 1987 [1][15][29]
Thailand Bangkok Embassy 1966
Countries:
 [1][15][30]
Turkey Ankara Embassy 2012
Countries:
 [4][31]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy 1979[b] [1][12][32]
Dubai Consulate-General 1993 [1][12]
Vietnam Hanoi Embassy 2003 [4][15]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Austria Vienna Embassy 1995 [1][31][33][34]
Belgium Brussels Embassy 1973
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][31][35]
Cyprus Nicosia Consulate-General[c] 2019[d] [1][12][36]
France Paris Embassy 1956
International Organizations:
 [1][31][37]
Germany Berlin Embassy 1958[e] [1][4][31][38]
Italy Rome Embassy 1952 [1][31][39]
Milan Consulate-General 2016 [4][31]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy 1993 [1][31]
Poland Warsaw Embassy
Countries:
 [31][40]
Romania Bucharest Embassy 2024 [31][41][42]
Russia Moscow Embassy 1957 [1][31]
Sweden Stockholm Embassy 1970 [1][31][43][44][45][46]
 Switzerland Geneva Consulate-General [38][47][48]
United Kingdom London High Commission 1948
Countries:
 [1][31][49][50]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Australia Canberra High Commission 1949 [1][15]
Melbourne Consulate-General 2013 [4][15]
New Zealand Wellington High Commission 2025 [15][51]

Multilateral organizations

Organization Host country Host city Mission Year opened Concurrent accreditation Ref.
United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission
Countries:
 [1][6][24][52]
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission 1965
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][31][24][47][53]

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Libya Tripoli Embassy[f] 2009 2011 [54][55]
Nigeria Abuja High Commission[g] 2013 2021 [56]

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2014 2022 [1][57]
Iraq Baghdad Embassy[h] 2022 [56]

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.f
Germany Frankfurt Consulate-General[h] 2007 2021 [56][58]
Norway Oslo Embassy[i] 2022 [56]

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year opened Year closed Ref.
Australia Sydney Consulate-General 1999 2022 [56]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ↑ Originally opened as a resident mission; was upgraded into an embassy in 1983.
  3. ↑ Subordinate to the embassy in Rome.
  4. ↑ Was closed in 2021; reopened in 2025.
  5. ↑ Originally opened in Bonn; was moved to Berlin in 1999.
  6. ↑ Resident in Cairo, Egypt
  7. ↑ Resident in Nairobi, Kenya
  8. 1 2 To be reopened.
  9. ↑ Resident in Stockholm, Sweden

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Africa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Embassy". Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Egypt. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Milestones". Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Americas". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa". High Commission of Sri Lanka in Ottawa, Canada. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Permanent Observers". Organization of American States. August 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Non-Resident Missions Accredited to T&T". Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "About Us". Consulate-General of Sri Lanka in Los Angeles, USA. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Middle-East". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "South Asia". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "High Commission of Sri Lanka in Bangladesh". High Commission of Sri Lanka in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "East Asia & Pacific". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing, China. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "High Commission of Sri Lanka in India". High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Southern India". Deputy High Commission of Sri Lanka in Chennai, India. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  19. ↑ "Ayubowan and Welcome to Sri Lanka Embassy Jakarta". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jakarta, Indonesia. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo, Japan". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo, Japan. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "High Commission of Sri Lanka in Malaysia". High Commission of Sri Lanka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "Consulate-General of Sri Lanka / Karachi - Pakistan". Consulate-General of Sri Lanka in Karachi, Pakistan. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  25. ↑ "Diplomatic List 2024" (PDF). Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine. September 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  26. ↑ "Embassy of Sri Lanka - Qatar". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Doha, Qatar. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  27. ↑ "High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore". High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  28. ↑ "Diplomatic and Consular List 2023" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brunei. 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  29. ↑ "Embassy of Sri Lanka / Seoul, Republic of Korea". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  30. ↑ "The Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bangkok, Thailand. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  33. ↑ "Directory of the Diplomatic Corps and other representations in Austria" (PDF) (in German and English). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Austria). 14 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  34. ↑ "Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna, Austria. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  35. ↑ "Embassy of Sri Lanka to Belgium, Luxembourg & European Union". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Brussels, Belgium. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  37. ↑ "Embassy of Sri Lanka - France". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Paris, France. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  38. 1 2 "Embassy of Sri Lanka in Germany". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  39. ↑ "The Embassy of the Democratic Republic Sri Lanka - Italy". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome, Italy. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  40. ↑ "Embassy of the Democratic Republic Sri Lanka to the Republic of Poland". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Warsaw, Poland. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  41. ↑ "Foreign Missions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  42. ↑ "Sri Lanka opens embassy in Romania". Economynext. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  43. ↑ "Embassy of Sri Lanka in Stockholm, Sweden". Embassy of Sri Lanka in Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  44. ↑ "Representation of foreign states in Finland or in the nearest country to Finland". Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  45. ↑ "Diplomatic List" (PDF). Government of Iceland. Protocol Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  46. ↑ "The Oslo Diplomatic List". Government of Norway. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  47. 1 2 "Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations / Geneva / Switzerland". Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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  55. ↑ "Lankan Embassy in Libya closed, Ambassador recalled". Ada Derana. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  56. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sri Lanka to reopen three overseas diplomatic missions". Ada Derana. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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