Dual accreditation

Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently.[1] For example, Luxembourg's ambassador to the United States is also its non-resident ambassador to Canada and to Mexico. Such an ambassador may sometimes be called Ambassador-at-Large.

The Holy See refuses to accept dual accreditation with Italy, an assertion of sovereignty dating from the prisoner-in-the-Vatican dispute.[2] For example, when Ireland closed its Holy See mission in Rome, accreditation as Irish ambassador to the Holy See was given to a diplomat based at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin rather than to the Irish ambassador to Italy.[3]

See also
  • Protecting power, third country representing the interests of a first country in a second, where first and second lack diplomatic relations

References
  1. Glossary of Diplomatic Terms. eDiplomat. Retrieved on 2006-07-06.
  2. Parsons, J. Graham. "Oral History Interview". Harry S. Truman Library. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. Pullella, Philip (4 November 2011). "Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure". Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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