The Department of External Affairs of Principality of Monaco is a governmental agency

Council of Government (Monaco)

The Council of Government of Monaco is the Prince's governing body.It consists of six members:Minister of State, who chairs the council, and five members :#counsellor for internal affairs,...

 in Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

 in charge of conducting and designing the foreign policy

Foreign policy

A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...

 of the state.

Organization and structure

The Department of External Relations is responsible for conducting policies related to immunities, diplomatic management and consular affairs, relations with European states and affairs in Europe, international and multilateral affairs and the international environment. The functions of the department are implemented through four main division of the ministry: Department of International Affairs (established on February 16, 2007), the Office of International Cooperation and Development, the Department of Diplomatic and Consular relations, the Diplomatic Posts and Consulates overseas and Monaco’s Representations to International Organisations. The Department of External Relations is headed by the Government Counsellor.

The current Government Counsellor for External Relations is Franck Biancheri.