Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)

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
Agency overview
Formed 1927
Jurisdiction  Republic of China
Headquarters Zhongzheng, Taipei
Ministers responsible
Parent agency Executive Yuan
Website www.mofa.gov.tw
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 except the People's Republic of China, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Mainland Affairs Council. The current Foreign Minister is David Lee.

Administration

Bureau of Consular Affairs
Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs

MOFA is composed of the following departmental structures:[1]

Departmental Structure

Budget

According to statistics published by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011, the budget for MOFA is equivalent to approx. 10.37% of the budget for the Ministry of National Defense (MND). The MND budget for 2011 has been announced to be US$ 9.2 billion. Hence, an estimated MOFA budget figure for Fiscal Year 2011 is US$ 954 million.

Diplomatic Relations

Embassy of the Republic of China for Vatican City.
Embassy of the Republic of China for Swaziland.

The Republic of China has diplomatic relations with 22 countries.[2]

Oceania

Central and South America

Africa

Europe

Republic of China Representative Offices Abroad

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Japan.

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 the Republic of China

Embassy of Vatican City

Ministers

David Lee, the incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Transportation

The MOFA building is accessible by NTU Hospital Station of the Taipei Metro on the Red Line.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Issue". Mofa.gov.tw. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
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