Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli

**Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli**
台灣駐的黎波里商務代表處
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Libya
Headquarters	Tripoli
Agency executive	Ma Chao-yuan, Representative^[1]
Website	Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli

The Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli (Chinese: 台灣駐的黎波里商務代表處; pinyin: Táiwān Zhù Dílíbōlǐ Shāngwù) represents the interests of Taiwan in Libya in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.

A trade office was first established in Tripoli in 1980, after the government of Muammar Gaddafi established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1978, but this was closed in 1997.^[2]

In 2006, following a meeting with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the then Libyan leader, President Chen Shui-bian announced plans to reopen the trade office.^[3] This was inaugurated in February 2008.^[4]

During the Civil War in Libya during 2011, the Office was closed.^[5]

The Office is headed by a Representative, currently Ma Chao-yuan.^[1]

References

1 2 Foreign Missions > State of Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Taiwan denies arms sale to Libya, Agence France Presse, The Nation, 3 August 2006
↑ Taiwan and Libya to revitalize links, January 19, 2006
↑ Taiwan's trade office in Libya formally inaugurated, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
↑ Taiwan's Libya office closed since July amid strife: MOFA, The China Post, September 21, 2011

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Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli

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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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Taiwan Commercial Office in Tripoli

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