Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

Coordinates: 25°2′20.2″N 121°30′58.78″E / 25.038944°N 121.5163278°E / 25.038944; 121.5163278

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
外交部
Wàijiāobù
Main building of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed	1927
Jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Headquarters	Taipei City
Agency executive	Timothy Yang, Foreign Minister
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website
www.mofa.gov.tw (Chinese (Taiwan))

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (MOFA; Chinese: 中華民國外交部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wàijiāobù) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. The fundamental purpose of the ministry is to promote, expand, and conduct bilateral foreign affairs with other nations. It is in charge of interactions between the Republic of China and foreign countries. The current Foreign Minister is Timothy Yang.

Administration

MOFA is composed of the following departmental structure. ^[1]

Departmental Structure

• Secretariat
• Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Department of West Asian Affairs
• Department of African Affairs
• Department of European Affairs
• Department of North American Affairs
• Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs
• Department of Treaty and Legal Affairs
• Department of International Organizations
• Department of Information and Cultural Affairs
• Department of Protocol
• Department of Economic and Trade Affairs
• Department of General Affairs
• Department of Archives and Information Management
• Office of Telecommunication Services
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Government Ethics
• Department of Accounting
• Legislative Liaison Unit
• Research and Planning Committee
• Foreign Service Institute
• Bureau of Consular Affairs
• Association of East Asian Relations
• Coordination Council for North American Affairs
• NGO Affairs Committee

Diplomatic Relations

The  Republic of China has diplomatic relations with 23 countries. ^[2]

East Asia and Pacific

•  Palau
•  Tuvalu
•  Marshall Islands
•  Solomon Islands
•  Kiribati
•  Nauru

Central and South America

•  Guatemala
•  Paraguay
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Belize
•  El Salvador
•  Haiti
•  Nicaragua
•  Dominican Republic
•  Honduras
•  Panama
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia

Africa

•  Burkina Faso
•  São Tomé and Príncipe
•  Swaziland
•  Gambia

Europe

•  Vatican City

 Republic of China Representative Offices Abroad

For countries that the Republic of China do not have formal diplomatic relations, these offices are refer to as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office or Taipei Representative Offices. ^[3]

Foreign Missions in  Republic of China

• Embassy of the Republic of Nauru
• Embassy of Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Embassy of Burkina Faso
• Embassy of the Republic of El Salvador
• Embassy of Belize
• Embassy of the Republic of Palau
• Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Embassy of the Republic of the Gambia
• Embassy of the Republic of Honduras
• Embassy of the Soloman Islands
• Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay
• Embassy of Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
• Embassy of the Republic of Panama
• Embassy of the Dominican Republic
• Embassy of the Kingdom of Swaziland

See also

• List of foreign ministers of the Republic of China
• Foreign relations of the Republic of China

References

1. ^ http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/lp.asp?ctNode=1018&CtUnit=68&BaseDSD=50&mp=6
2. ^ http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/ct.asp?xItem=32618&CtNode=1379&mp=6
3. ^ http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/lp.asp?ctNode=1019&CtUnit=30&BaseDSD=30&mp=6

External links

• Official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (TAIWAN)(Chinese (Taiwan))