foreign envoys
Overseas official delegates
Foreign envoys are diplomatic representatives sent by one government to another.
The term covers ambassadors, ministers, and other officials dispatched to conduct negotiations, deliver messages, or maintain relations between nations: The president received foreign envoys at the White House.
Envoy suggests someone sent with a specific mission rather than a permanent posting.
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- chargé d'affairesActing head of mission
embassy · delegate · diplomatic immunity · protocol · negotiator · United Nations · attaché · plenipotentiary · emissary · persona non grata · diplomatic incident · visa waiver · summit · mediator · peace talks · consular services · World Trade Organization · diplomatic corps
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