Botswana Diplomatic Missions abroad, have responded to the national call for citizens and residents of Botswana, to honour the country’s Olympic Team with rewards, to mark its outstanding performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
On 6th September 2024, the Diplomatic Heads of Mission and their staff, contributed a total of sixty thousand pula (BWP60,000), to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Team Botswana which garnered the country’s first Olympic Gold Medal, through Letsile Tebogo’s historic victory in the men’s 200m race, and a Silver Medal in the men’s 4x400m relay.
The Missions’ donation also aims to honour the athletes for contributing to the advancement of sports diplomacy through their participation at the Olympics and for raising Botswana’s flag high on the international platform.
Sports Diplomacy is a key component of the work that Botswana Diplomatic Missions undertake to promote the country’s national interests abroad. Accordingly, through sports diplomacy, the Missions have advanced people-to-people exchanges, and leveraged on sports to among others, promote youth empowerment and the national values of peace and good neighbourliness.
Botswana has twenty-three Diplomatic Missions which comprise twenty-two Embassies/High Commissions and one Consular Office, spread across the geographic regions of the world as follows: nine in Africa (including a Consulate); six in Europe; four in Asia and the Pacific; three in the Americas, and one in the Middle East. The Missions are mandated to protect and promote Botswana’s national interests on bilateral, regional and international platforms.
