History of becoming and development of consular service

The article is devoted to some key historical moments of development of consular service and consular law trends. Over time, the range of issues within the competence of consular institutions has been steadily expanding, and their functions have increasingly become more and more comprehensive. Over the last years, changes of the character and content of international relations have been invariably impacting consular relations between states, correcting modern consular law and its principles.

consular law, consular relations, consular jurisdiction, consular post, consular agency, consular convention