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The first US diplomatic mission in Singapore was established in 1833 with the assignment of Joseph Balestier as consul. Although Singapore was an important free trade port, there was some question over whether Americans were legally allowed to conduct business there by the British, and so he was officially assigned to "Rhio (Riau, then a part of the Dutch East Indies) and such other places as ...
This list of diplomatic missions in Singapore is made up of 75 embassies/high commissions, several foreign consular posts and 11 international organisations. It does not include honorary consuls . Countries without any forms of diplomatic representations in Singapore have accredited non-resident ambassadors or high commissioners to the island ...
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The United States ambassador to Singapore is the official representative of the United States of America to the Republic of Singapore. The incumbent ambassador is Jonathan E. Kaplan since December 6, 2021, serving as the ambassador of the Embassy of the United States in Singapore.
The house was featured in a 2006 book, Black and White: The Singapore House, 1898–1941, under the heading "Oldest Black and White House?". However, the heading of the section led to the misconception that the Atbara House was the first Black and White House in Singapore, despite it only being a "close relative" of the Black and White Houses. [7]
Under Bongbong Marcos, the first new mission to open during his presidency is the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, which opened on October 7, 2024. [ 22 ] Other missions likely to be opened include new embassies in Ethiopia, [ 23 ] Kazakhstan, [ 23 ] Panama, [ 24 ] and Ukraine, [ 25 ] as well as the reopening of embassies in Palau and Peru.
Philippines–United States relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas at Estados Unidos) are the bilateral and diplomatic relations of the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America. The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a " special relationship " [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as a consequence of the Philippines ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Singapore. Singapore opened its first diplomatic missions in Jakarta , Kuala Lumpur , and New York City in the first few months after gaining independence in 1965.