The United States Embassy in Brussels has expressed interest in settling on the Cours Saint-Michel site in Etterbeek, the office of the Brussels Secretary of State for Urban Planning, Pascal Smet, confirmed. following information disseminated by several media.
The current site of the American Embassy, between the Royal Park and the Petite Ceinture, has not met various criteria for some time, including that of the safety required by its occupants. A first installation project had seen the light of day at the headquarters of the former Belgian Royal in Boitsfort, but it had fallen through.
The Cours Saint-Michel, part of which was occupied by the banking group ING, is now of interest to the United States, which might set up there both their embassy in Belgium and their representations to the European Union and NATO. In a July letter, Secretary of State and Minister-President Rudi Vervoort told US diplomatic authorities that the “project was on the right track, interesting and supported by the Brussels Region“, we said to Mr. Smet’s office.
