Foreign Diplomatic Missions in the Philippines, and Philippine Diplomatic Missions abroad

[Sky Harbor]

I'm not fine with the closure of any diplomatic mission, although at least the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw will not be affected by the closures. (I interviewed the Embassy a few months ago, and a major reason against closing the Embassy here is that Poland presents a lot of economic opportunities for the Philippines: Central Europe's largest mining conference is held here, for example. Plus we bought Sokol helicopters from them, right?)

What worries me here is that countries which don't have Philippine diplomatic missions but are covered by the jurisdiction of embassies which will close will be greatly affected by this. For example, the Baltic States are under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, and since the embassies in both Stockholm and Helsinki are closing, jurisdiction will either go to Moscow or Warsaw (I'm praying for the latter). Similarly, Bulgaria and Moldova, which are under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Embassy in Bucharest, might also see their jurisdiction shift to Athens or Budapest.

In any measure, closing diplomatic missions is never a good thing.

[kiretoce]

Non-Resident Missions to the Philippines

In BANGKOK

• Korea, People's Democratic Republic of
• Nepal
• Peru
• Sweden

In BEIJING

• Albania
• Bahrain
• Cyprus
• Eritrea
• Lesotho
• Malta
• Rwanda
• Seychelles

In HANOI

• Mongolia

In JAKARTA

• Azerbaijan
• Croatia
• Hungary
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Tunisia

In KUALA LUMPUR

• Algeria
• Denmark
• Fiji
• Ghana
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Oman
• Poland
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

In NEW DELHI

• Dominican Republic

In SEOUL

• Gabon

In SINGAPORE

• Angola
• Ireland

In TAIPEI

• Gambia

In TOKYO

• Afghanistan
• Belarus
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Bulgaria
• Djibouti
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Iceland
• Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Lithuania
• Mali
• Morocco
• Nicaragua
• Senegal
• Tanzania
• Ukraine
• Uruguay
• Zambia

In WELLINGTON

• Samoa

[hakz2007]

Farewell Call to outgoing Kingdom of Netherlands Ambassador
by Noynoy Aquino (P-Noy)

[RepublicaNegrense]

RCBC PLAZA, the tower in Makati with the highest concentration of embassy or diplomatic offices:

United Nations
European Union
Canada
Germany
Australia
South Africa
ROC (Taiwan), as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

I guess I am always stepping out of the Philippine territory to International territory since I always pass by here everyday. All of embassy grounds in the Philippines, as with all states, have an extra-territorial status but still legally administered by the Philippine government.

[hakz2007]

image hosted on flickr

Philippines Embassy Bangkok by lemoncat1, on Flickr

[RepublicaNegrense]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

image hosted on flickr

Philippines Embassy Bangkok by lemoncat1, on Flickr

I love the embassy's ornate gate, parang sa Malacañang.

[seabeeman]

Nice! May mini San Juanico Bridge sa Riyadh Embassy

[davaob4now]

Originally Posted by RepublicaNegrense

RCBC PLAZA, the tower in Makati with the highest concentration of embassy or diplomatic offices:

United Nations
European Union
Canada
Germany
Australia
South Africa
ROC (Taiwan), as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

I guess I am always stepping out of the Philippine territory to International territory since I always pass by here everyday. All of embassy grounds in the Philippines, as with all states, have an extra-territorial status but still legally administered by the Philippine government.

ive been to australian embassy in makati for my visa interview few years ago..grabe ang security sa building much more pag nasa mga levels kana ng building...sana hindi ma 911 ito hehe

[RepublicaNegrense]

Originally Posted by davaob4now

ive been to australian embassy in makati for my visa interview few years ago..grabe ang security sa building much more pag nasa mga levels kana ng building...sana hindi ma 911 ito hehe

Guards and Army officers armed with high caliber guns are a bit scary but at least the guard dogs, usually labradors and German shepherds are cute. I usually pass by the building just to see those mutts at work. Sayang, hindi pwedeng i-pet.

[hakz2007]

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[hakz2007]

Cuban embassy in Philippines closes down due to financial difficulties

MANILA - The Cuban embassy here in the Philippines is shutting down due to financial difficulties brought about by the global economic crisis and the United States’ blockade.

“The global economic crisis affected us like everyone else, but the continuing US blockade has doubled the ill effects of the crisis,” former Cuban Ambassador to the Philippines Jorge Rey Jimenez told a forum organized by the Philippine-Cuba Friendship Club late last week.

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[kiretoce]

Quid pro quo, the Philippines shut down their embassy in Havana last year. No hard feelings, Cuba.