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Embassies are not considered to be foreign territory. The host country gives special privileges to the guest country in accordance with the Vienna Convention.
by joshuaissac 4y ago
Embassies are not considered to be foreign territory. The host country gives special privileges to the guest country in accordance with the Vienna Convention.
But there can be an enclave of one country inside another (first-order enclave), as well as enclaves inside enclaves. Dahala Khagrabari was a third-order enclave, an enclave of India inside an enclave of Bangladesh inside an enclave of India in mainland Bangladesh. It was ceded to Bangladesh seven years ago as part of a border gore cleanup treaty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari
- jfengel 4y agoDon't ruin my joke. I used to date somebody who lived across from the Kenyan embassy in DC. The embassy had a few designated parking spaces, but only until 6:30 PM -- about the time I might arrive for a date. I liked to think that I was parking in Kenyan territory. I was not, for numerous reasons, but it made me happy anyway. Just be out by 6:30 AM. (It didn't become Kenya again until 9, but it was a travel lane during rush hour. That's why the spot was always open: the signs were so confusing that nobody wanted to park there first.)