What’s the difference between legation and Embassy?
I notice that history books dealing with pre-WW2 times frequently refer to the place where diplomats are to be found as a legation, but nowadays everyone calls this building an embassy.
What is the reason behind this change?
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From Wikipedia
The term – legation as in, high in diplomacy, entitles a diplomatic representative office to the lower level than an embassy. Amphibian Republic (Awkward Republic), essentially means a lower level of diplomatic representation. What was the difference between legation and embassy in the USSR and why did it become the diplomatic consular office?
What is your feedback on an article by “Mr. Rogers” at NPR/James Hitchcock?
From the beginning of World War 2, only states exchanged ambassadors after they had reaffirmed their sovereignty. Until World War II, only great powers had their respective embassies in each other’s capitals. During the war, small-state Allies with legations in London and Washington elevated their status to embassy. All Legations became embassies — except diplomatic missions exchanged by members of the British Commonwealth, which used the term high commission. In
the end, these were the only diplomatic missions left, and then nothing changed. But eventually, they became embassies.
From Wikipedia
The term – legation as in, high in diplomacy, entitles a diplomatic representative office to the lower level than an embassy. Amphibian Republic (Awkward Republic), essentially means a lower level of diplomatic representation. What was the difference between legation and embassy in the USSR and why did it become the diplomatic consular office?
What is your feedback on an article by “Mr. Rogers” at NPR/James Hitchcock?
