List of diplomatic missions of South Ossetia
This article lists the diplomatic missions of South Ossetia. South Ossetia is state with limited recognition in Northern Caucasus. It did not receive recognition from any UN member states until after the 2008 South Ossetia war. It is recognized by Nauru, Nicaragua, Russia and Venezuela. In addition, it is recognized also by Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria, which are not members of the United Nations. At present, South Ossetia has two embassies[note 1] and five representative offices abroad. The Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic had diplomatic relations with South Ossetia, with each having representative offices prior to being annexed by Russia in 2022.[3]
Asia
Europe
- Abkhazia
- Sukhumi (Embassy)[citation needed]
- Italy
- Russia
- Transnistria
Subnational
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Republika Srpska
- Banja Luka (Representative office)[10][note 3]
- Republika Srpska
- Russia[note 4]
- Donetsk People's Republic (Representative office)[11]
- (Representative office)[11]
Oceania
Non-resident embassies
- Nicaragua (Tskhinvali)[14]
- Venezuela (Tskhinvali)[15]
See also
Notes
- ^ There are two embassies in Moscow accredited to South Ossetia by Nicaragua[1] and Venezuela.[2]
- ^ The government of Italy does not recognize neither "the self-proclaimed representative office" nor its diplomatic status.[7]
- ^ The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not recognize neither "the self-proclaimed representative office" nor its diplomatic status.
- ^ South Ossetia opened representative offices in the self-proclaimed "people's republics" in southeastern Ukraine, which were annexed by Russia in an internationally unrecognised referendum in 2022. Ukraine does not recognise South Ossetia.
References
- ^ "Президент Никарагуа принял верительные грамоты у посла Южной Осетии" [The President of Nicaragua received the credentials of the South Ossetian ambassador] (in Russian). 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ^ "So-called South Ossetia appoints new ambassador to Venezuela". InterPressNews. 2012-12-27. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ Vadim Dyakonov. "The Embassy of South Ossetia opened in LNR". «15-th REGION». Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "South Ossetia will open its Embassy in Syria by the end of the year, - Speaker of the Parliament". Государственное информационное агентство "Рес". 2021-06-02.
- ^ "Güney Osetya Türkiye Tam Yetkili Temsilcisi atandı". 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Приветственное обращение заместителя Министра иностранных дел Республики Южная Осетия А. Кочиева при открытии офиса Представителя Министерства иностранных дел Республики Южная Осетия в Италии". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia (in Russian). 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release regarding the opening of the self-proclaimed representative office of the so-called "Republic of South Ossetia" in Rome". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ List of embassies in Russia
- ^ "South Ossetia opens embassy in Abkhazia". 15 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
In Transdniestria, South Ossetia already has a consulate.
- ^ "South Ossetian leader meets with Bosnian Serb counterpart". OC Media. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ^ a b "DPR and LPR opens representative office in South Ossetia". TASS. 2015-04-28.
- ^ New Zealander to represent South Ossetia in Nauru, Radio New Zealand 25 January 2018.
- ^ Press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of South Ossetia 23 January 2018.
- ^ "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Announcement about the Establishment of the Republic of South Ossetia Embassy in the Republic of Nicaragua | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia".
- ^ "Ambassador of South Ossetia in Venezuela and Nicaragua awarded the Order of Friendship". 28 February 2020.