Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China

Government of Taiwan

Headquarters	Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan 25°2′20.2″N 121°30′58.78″E / 25.038944°N 121.5163278°E / 25.038944; 121.5163278
Employees	About 2,000
Annual budget	About $30 billion NTD
Minister responsible	Joseph Wu, Minister
Deputy Ministers responsible	Roy Chun Lee (Deputy Minister) Tien Chung-kwang (Deputy Minister) Alexander Yui (Vice Minister)
Agency executive	Daniel Tang, Secretary-General
Website	https://en.mofa.gov.tw/Default.aspx

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (abbreviated MOFA; Chinese: 中華民國外交部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wàijiāobù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Gōa-kau-pō͘), officially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Taiwan. It is headquartered in the capital Taipei. The incumbent minister is Joseph Wu, who took office in 2018 and is affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the Taiwan's diplomacy and

and ensure world peace." In accordance with the Constitution, MOFA is committed to defending ROC sovereignty and national interests, implementing foreign policy that enhances Taiwan's prosperity and international status.

The Ministry is in charge of maintaining relations with foreign countries excluding China, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Mainland Affairs Council. As of May 2023, Taiwan has official diplomatic relations with 12 UN member states and the Holy See. Taiwan maintains more than 110 diplomatic missions in the form of 13 embassies, a consulate-general, more than 90 semi-official representative offices, and a permanent mission to the World Trade Organization.

Administration

Bureau of Consular Affairs

MOFA is composed of the following departmental structures:^[2]

Departmental Structure

• Secretariat
• Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Department of West Asian and 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 International Cooperation and Economic Affairs
• Department of International Information Services
• Department of Policy Planning
• Department of Protocol
• Department of General Affairs
• Department of Personnel
• Department of Civil Service Ethics
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Archives, Information Management and Telecommunications
• Public Diplomacy Coordination Council
• Department of NGO International Affairs
• The Office of Parliamentarian Affairs
• Bureau of Consular Affairs
• Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs
• Taiwan–Japan Relations Association
• Coordination Council for North American Affairs
• Central Taiwan Office
• Southern Taiwan Office
• Eastern Taiwan Office
• Southwestern Taiwan Office

Budget

According to statistics published by the

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

Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See

The Republic of China has diplomatic relations with 12 countries.^[3]

Oceania

•  Palau
•  Tuvalu
•  Marshall Islands

North America

•  Guatemala
•  Belize
•  Haiti
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

South America

•  Paraguay

Africa

•  Eswatini^[4]

Europe

•  Vatican City

Representative offices abroad

For countries with which Taiwan does not have formal diplomatic relations, representation is often referred to as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representatives Office or Taipei Representative Offices, which serve the same function as embassy or consulate.^[5]

The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania was formed in 2021, and it was the first representative office in Eastern Europe to bear a name that includes the word “Taiwan.”^[6]

Foreign missions in Taiwan

Apostolic Nunciature

in the Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Embassy of Saint Christopher and Nevis
• Embassy of Belize
• Embassy of the Republic of Palau
• Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini
• Apostolic Nunciature

Ministers

Access

The MOFA building is accessible by

.

See also

• Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
• Foreign relations of the Republic of China

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China).

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