Ambassadors and diplomats

The Foreign Office appoints diplomats to various states, regions and organisations (the Chief Ambassador is responsible for relations with all nations and peoples that do not have a specifically designated diplomat).

H.E. Tariq Zubair outside the honorary Embassy to Pakistan

The function of ambassadors and consuls in countries which do not recognise Austenasia is simply to raise awareness of the Empire’s existence within the country they have been assigned to and to represent the Empire to regional or national authorities should it be necessary. Being unaccredited, their positions are therefore primarily ceremonial.

Ambassadors are diplomats assigned to a sovereign state, whereas consuls-general and consuls are assigned to a specific region or city within a sovereign state. The majority of ambassadors do not have embassies over which the Empire has claimed extraterritoriality. The current ambassadors appointed by the Foreign Office are: