Jurisdiction Taiwan | Website Belgian Office, Taipei | |
Formed 1979 (as Belgian Trade Association) Headquarters Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan Agency executive Rik Van Droogenbroeck, Head of Office | ||
The Belgian Office, Taipei (Chinese: 比利時台北辦事處; pinyin: Bǐlìshí Táiběi Bànshì Chù) represents the interests of Belgium in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Belgium is the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium in Brussels.
It was established in 1979 as the Belgian Trade Association by the trade federation Fabrimetal, before it signed a five-year contract with the government in 1985 to manage all Belgian interests in Taiwan, including the issuing of visas under the seal of the Consulate in Hong Kong from 1988.
The Consular Section provides administrative and consular services to both Belgian and Luxembourg nationals resident in Taiwan. However, Luxembourg has its own representative office, the Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office, Taipei.
The Head of the Office is Rik Van Droogenbroeck, previously Minister Counsellor at the Belgian Embassy in Beijing.