List of diplomatic missions in Yemen

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Yemen.

Due to the Yemeni Civil War, several countries have closed their embassies in Sana'a. Other countries have relocated their embassies to the southern city of Aden.

Embassies

Sana'a

•  China
•  Eritrea
•  Iran^[a]
•  Iraq
•  North Korea

Accredited embassies

Resident in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

•  Chile
•  Costa Rica
•  Colombia^[1]
•  Panama
•  Romania^[2]

Resident in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

•  Burkina Faso
•  Burundi
•  Central African Republic
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Lesotho
•  South Sudan
•  Swaziland
•  Tanzania^[3]
•  Togo
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Resident in Cairo, Egypt

•  Angola^[4]
•  Congo-Brazzaville^[5][6]
•  Croatia^[7]
•  Djibouti^[8]
•  Estonia
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Slovakia^[9]

Resident in Muscat, Oman

•  Austria^[10]
•  Indonesia
•  Iraq^[11][12]
•  Malaysia^[13]
•  Sri Lanka^[14]
•  United Kingdom^[15]

Resident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

•  Algeria
•  Argentina
•  Australia^[16]
•  Azerbaijan^[17]
•  Afghanistan^[b]
•  Brazil
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Canada^[18]
•  Czechia^[19]
•  China^[20]
•  Cuba^[21]
•  Cyprus^[22]
•  Denmark^[23]
•  Equatorial Guinea^[24]
•  Finland
•  France
•  Germany
•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Greece^[25]
•  Georgia
•  Hungary
•  Ireland^[26]
•  Italy
•  Ivory Coast
•  Japan^[27]
•  Kenya^[28]
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Liberia
•  Libya
•  Malta
•  Mexico
•  Morocco^[29]
•    Nepal^[30]
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Peru
•  Philippines
•  Poland
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Sierra Leone
•  Somalia
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Senegal
•  Sudan^[31]
•  Switzerland
•  Tajikistan
•  Thailand
•  Turkmenistan
•  Tunisia
•  Ukraine
•  United States
•  Uzbekistan
•  Venezuela
•  Vietnam

Resident in other cities

•  Brunei (Amman)^[32]
•  Ethiopia (Doha)^[33]
•  Haiti (Rome)
•  India (Djibouti City)^[34]
•  Iceland (Paris)
•  Marshall Islands (New York City)
•  Singapore (Singapore)

Closed missions

Host city	Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Sana'a	Algeria	Embassy	2015	[35]
	Bulgaria	Embassy	2020	[36]
	China	Embassy	2015	[37]
	Czechia	Embassy	2008	[38]
	Egypt	Embassy	2015	[39]
	Ethiopia	Embassy	Unknown	[40]
	Cuba	Embassy	2015	[41]
	France	Embassy	2015	[42]
	Germany	Embassy	2015	[43]
	Hungary	Embassy		[44]
	India	Embassy	2015	[34]
	Indonesia	Embassy	2019	[45][46]
	Italy	Embassy	2015	[43]
	Japan	Embassy	2015	[47][48]
	Jordan	Embassy		[49]
	Kuwait	Embassy	2015	[50]
	Lebanon	Embassy		[51]^[better source needed]
	Libya	Embassy	2015	[52]^[better source needed]
	Malaysia	Embassy	2014
	Mauritania	Embassy		[53]^[better source needed]
	Netherlands	Embassy	2015	[54]
	Oman	Embassy		[55][56]
	Pakistan	Embassy	2015	[57]
	Palestine	Embassy	2008	[58]
	Poland	Embassy	2008	[59]
	Qatar	Embassy	2015	[60]
	Romania	Embassy	2003	[61]
	Russia	Embassy	2017	[62]
	Saudi Arabia	Embassy	2015	[63]
	Somalia	Embassy	2016	[64]
	South Korea	Embassy	2015	[65][66]
	Spain	Embassy	2015	[67]
	Sudan	Embassy		[68]
	Tunisia	Embassy	2015	[69]^[better source needed]
	Turkey	Embassy	2015	[67]
	United Arab Emirates	Embassy	2015	[70]
	United States	Embassy	2015	[71]
	Vietnam	Embassy	1995	[72]
Aden	Hungary	Embassy		[44]
	Oman	Consulate-General		[55]
	United States	Embassy	1969	[73]

See also

• Foreign relations of Yemen

Notes

1. The Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes the Houthi movement as the governing authority of Yemen instead of the Cabinet of Yemen, which severed relations in 2015.
2. As of 27 January 2022, Yemen has not yet formally recognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as de jure legitimate government of Afghanistan.

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External links

• Missions in Yemen