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This is a list of diplomatic missions of Singapore. Singapore opened its first diplomatic missions in Jakarta , Kuala Lumpur , and New York City in the first few months after gaining independence in 1965.
This list of diplomatic missions in Singapore is made up of 75 embassies/high commissions, several foreign consular posts and 11 international organisations. It does not include honorary consuls . Countries without any forms of diplomatic representations in Singapore have accredited non-resident ambassadors or high commissioners to the island ...
The Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C. is Singapore's main diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3501 International Place Northwest, Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] The embassy also operates Consulates-General in San Francisco , New York City , and Honorary Consulates-General in Miami and Chicago .
The construction of the current embassy was completed in 1978. [1] It was designed by the Japanese architect Shin'ichi Okada ( 岡田新一 ). The garden of the embassy was designed by the Japanese landscape architect Junichi Inada ( 稲田純一 ), who played a central role in planning Singapore's national parks for nearly half a century.
Singapore has appointed 31 honorary consuls-general/consuls abroad and has 46 non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners based in Singapore. The ministry is currently divided into 11 directorates which deal with political and economic matters, and 7 directorates which oversee matters relating to protocol, consular issues and the Singapore ...
A high commissioner heads a high commission, just as an ambassador heads an embassy. High commissioners are therefore also of ambassadorial rank. The term high commission is used to refer to the diplomatic mission of one former British colony - or the United Kingdom - in another (i.e. diplomatic missions within the Commonwealth of Nations).
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