Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia

**Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia**
駐哥倫比亞代表處
Agency overview
Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en Bogotá, Colombia
Jurisdiction	Colombia Venezuela
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Agency executive	Yeh De-guey, Representative^[1]
Website	Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en Colombia

The Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia; (Chinese: 駐哥倫比亞代表處; pinyin: Zhù Gēlúnbǐyǎ Dàibiǎo Chù) (Spanish: Oficina Comercial de Taipei en Bogotá, Colombia) represents the interests of Taiwan in Colombia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.

Until 1980, Colombia recognised Taiwan as the Republic of China, which, in addition to its Embassy in Bogotá, had a Consulate General in Barranquilla.^[2] In that year, it established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.^[3]

There is no longer a counterpart organisation in Taipei, although a Colombian Trade Office was established in 1993.^[4] This operated until 2002.^[5]

The Office is headed by a Representative, Yeh De-guey.^[1]

It also has responsibility for relations with Venezuela.^[6] These were previously handled by the Oficina Economica de Taipei in Caracas, established in 1974, but closed in 2009.^[7] This was following tensions with the government of Hugo Chavez, which had close ties with the People's Republic of China, and which refused to renew the visas of the office's staff.^[8]

References

1 2 Republic of Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Events from day to day, Taiwan Info, 1 January 1980
↑ Li Keqiang and President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia Jointly Attend Seminar on China-Latin America People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China, May 24, 2015
↑ Colombia trade office opens up shop in Taipei, Taiwan Info, 11 May 1993
↑ Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volume 20, Occasional Paper/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, Incorporated, 2002, page 525
↑ Latin America and Caribbean, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Taiwan mourns death of Venezuela's president, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China), March 6, 2013
↑ Taiwanese diplomats to leave Venezuela, El Universal July 18, 2007

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Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en Colombia

Diplomatic missions of the Republic of China

Africa	Algeria¹ ¹⁵ Angola¹ ¹⁰ Benin¹ ¹² Burundi¹ ¹⁰ Cameroon¹ ¹² Comoros¹ ¹⁰ Eritrea¹ ¹⁰ Gabon¹ ¹⁵ Gambia¹ ¹² Ghana¹ ¹² Lesotho¹ ¹⁰ Liberia¹ ¹² Libya¹ Malawi¹ ¹⁰ Mauritania¹ ¹⁵ Mauritius¹ ¹⁰ Madagascar¹ ¹⁰ Morocco¹ ¹⁵ Mozambique¹ ¹³ Namibia¹ ¹¹ Nigeria¹ Republic of Congo¹ ¹⁵ Réunion¹ ¹⁰ Rwanda¹ ¹⁰ Seychelles¹ ¹⁰ Sierra Leone¹ ¹² Somalia¹ ¹⁰ South Africa¹(Cape Town)¹ Swaziland Tanzania¹ ¹⁰ Tunisia¹ ¹⁵ Uganda¹ ¹⁰ Zambia¹ ¹⁰ Zimbabwe¹ ¹⁰

Americas	Argentina¹ Brazil¹ Canada¹ Colombia¹ Mexico¹ United States¹ Uruguay¹ ⁹ Venezuela¹ ¹⁴

Asia	Mainland China¹ (Hong Kong¹, Macau¹) Bangladesh¹ ² Bhutan¹ ² Cambodia¹ ⁵ East Timor¹ ⁶ India¹ (Chennai)¹ Indonesia¹ Japan¹ Jordan¹ ¹³ Laos¹ ⁴ Maldives)¹ ³ Malaysia¹ Mongolia¹ Myanmar¹ ¹⁰ Nepal¹ ² Philippines¹ Saudi Arabia¹ Singapore¹ South Korea¹ Sri Lanka¹ ³ Thailand¹ Turkey¹ Vietnam¹ (Ho Chi Minh City)¹

Europe	European Union¹ Andorra¹ ¹⁵ Austria¹ Belgium¹ Denmark¹ France¹ Germany¹ Holy See Iceland¹ ⁸ Italy¹ Luxembourg¹ ⁷ Monaco¹ ¹⁵ Netherlands¹ Norway¹ Portugal¹ Spain¹ Sweden¹ United Kingdom¹

Oceania	Australia¹ New Zealand¹

¹ No diplomatic relations with Republic of China, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. ² Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India in New Delhi. ³ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai. ⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi. ⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City. ⁶ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta. ⁷ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium in Brussels. ⁸ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in Denmark in Copenhagen. ⁹ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Buenos Aires. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Bangkok. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria. ¹¹ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town. ¹² Responsibility of Trade Mission of the ROC in Abuja. ¹³ Responsibility of Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Mbabane. ¹⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá. ¹⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Paris.

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Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá, Colombia

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