A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes an embassy or high commission, which is the main office of a country's diplomatic representatives to another country; it is usually, but not necessarily, based in the receiving state's capital city. Consulates, on the other hand, are smaller diplomatic missions that are normally located in major cities of the receiving state. As well as being a diplomatic mission to the country in which it is situated, an embassy may also be a nonresident permanent mission to one or more other countries.
A protecting power is a country that represents another sovereign state in a country where it lacks its own diplomatic representation. It is common for protecting powers to be appointed when two countries break off diplomatic relations with each other. The protecting power is responsible for looking after the protected power's diplomatic property and citizens in the hosting state. If diplomatic relations were broken by the outbreak of war, the protecting power will also inquire into the welfare of prisoners of war and look after the interests of civilians in enemy-occupied territory.
The Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C., houses the diplomatic mission from Mexico to the United States.
The Embassy of Senegal in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Senegal to the United States. The building is located at 2215 M Street NW.
The Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Spain to the United States It is located at 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in the West End neighborhood.
The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Jamaica to the United States.
The Embassy of Iraq in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Iraq to the United States. The embassy is located at 3421 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, in the Embassy Row neighborhood, near the United States Naval Observatory.
The Embassy of Montenegro in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Montenegro to the United States. The embassy is located at 1610 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. The embassy is also accredited on a non-resident basis to Canada and Mexico.
The Embassy of Kosovo in Washington, D.C. is the main diplomatic mission of Kosovo to the United States.
The Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Swiss Confederation to the United States. It is located at 2900 Cathedral Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Woodley Park neighborhood.
The Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Norway to the United States.
