Mapping diplomacy – Estonia’s global servants

Eestlased Inglismaal | 17 Nov 2013 | EWR OnlineEWR

By Chris Glew in Business
Estonian-diplomacy-worldwide

What “c” do Aberdeen, Miami and Tavira have in common? Currency? No. Climate? Certainly not. The “c” in this case stands for consul – honorary consul, to be precise. Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, the Republic of Estonia has a diplomatic presence of some kind in 82 of them, ranging from embassies to consulates-general to honorary consuls. It is in Aberdeen, Miami and Tavira (Portugal) that three of their honorary consuls are located.

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