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List of diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

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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.

Diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka

Current missions

Africa

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Egypt Cairo Embassy 1958
Countries:
 [1][2][3]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy 2017
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [4][2][5]
Kenya Nairobi High Commission 1970
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][2]
Seychelles Victoria High Commission 2013
Countries:
 [4][2]
South Africa Pretoria High Commission 1997
Countries:
 [4][2]
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Americas

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

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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
Countries:
 [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:
International Organizations:
 [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]
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Europe

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Austria Vienna Embassy 1995
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [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
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][31][37]
Germany Berlin Embassy 1958[e]
Countries:
 [1][4][31][38]
Italy Rome Embassy 1952
Countries:
International Organizations:
 [1][31][39]
Milan Consulate-General 2016 [4][31]
Netherlands The Hague Embassy 1993
International Organizations:
 [1][31]
Poland Warsaw Embassy
Countries:
 [31][40]
Romania Bucharest Embassy 2024 [31][41][42]
Russia Moscow Embassy 1957
Countries:
 [1][31]
Sweden Stockholm Embassy 1970
Countries:
 [1][31][43][44][45][46]
 Switzerland Geneva Consulate-General [38][47][48]
United Kingdom London High Commission 1948
Countries:
 [1][31][49][50]
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Oceania

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Australia Canberra High Commission 1949
Countries:
 [1][15]
Melbourne Consulate-General 2013 [4][15]
New Zealand Wellington High Commission 2025 [15][51]
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Multilateral organizations

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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]
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Gallery

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

Closed missions

Africa

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Libya Tripoli Embassy[f] 2009 2011 [54][55]
Nigeria Abuja High Commission[g] 2013 2021 [56]
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Asia

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Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2014 2022 [1][57]
Iraq Baghdad Embassy[h] 2022 [56]
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Europe

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Germany Frankfurt Consulate-General[h] 2007 2021 [56][58]
Norway Oslo Embassy[i] 2022 [56]
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Oceania

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Australia Sydney Consulate-General 1999 2022 [56]
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See also

Notes

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

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