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The FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation ((オランダ語:FOD Buitenlandse Zaken, Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), (フランス語:SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement), (ドイツ語:FÖD Auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Außenhandel und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit)), more commonly known as the FPS Foreign Affairs, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium. It was created by Royal Order on March 8, 2002, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. The first Ministry of Foreign Affairs was created on February 25, 1831, during the Belgian Revolution. The FPS Foreign Affairs is responsible for foreign policy and diplomacy and is occupied with the external relations of Belgium, including European cooperation and development cooperation. It maintains approximately 130 embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions. On November 1, 2003, the FPS Foreign Affairs employed 3,441 people, including its employees abroad. ==Organisation== The FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is organised into six Directorates-General: *The Directorate-General for Bilateral Affairs *The Directorate-General for Consular Affairs *The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation *The Directorate-General for European Affairs and Coordination *The Directorate-General for Legal Affairs *The Directorate-General for Multilateral Affairs and Mundialisation 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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