According to the interpretative notes of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption, the term 'foreign country' includes all levels and subdivisions of government, from national to local.
Source/Reference: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption on the work of its first to seventh sessions, U.N. Doc. A/58/422/Add.1, para. 5