Italy is still considering whether to open an embassy in the capital city, he said.

Turkey was the sixth country to open an embassy in Ethiopia.

Several have already named their ambassadors, and one, Sweden, has opened an embassy.

They agreed to open embassies in each other's countries.

Issued passports, designed a flag, opened an embassy and everything.

But he also said he wanted to open new embassies and missions in areas of growing importance.

Kosovo has formally announced its decision to open an embassy in Lisbon.

No two countries have opened more new embassies around the world in the last couple of years than Turkey and Brazil.

From the end of the 18th century the Ottoman government began to open embassies and send officials to study in Europe.

He added that if they followed protocol they probably would be permitted to open an embassy.